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Source: Physician and Sports Medicine
Summary:
Sedentary premenopausal women were assigned to control group or high intensity strength training for 14 weeks in a study reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine
The exercise group showed significant improvements in strength, percent body fat, and cholesterol profiles
Cholesterol reduction was comparable to that seen in a similar study using aerobic exercise
Conclusion:
This study confirms the recommendation by the ACSM that strength training should be included in exercise programs
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