Exercise & Fitness

How Weight Lifting Strengthens Heart Structure and Function

How to get the most heart health benefits from resistance training.
How Weight Lifting Strengthens Heart Structure and Function
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Zena le Roux
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Aerobic workouts, or cardio, have long been viewed as key to heart health. However, weight or resistance training also delivers surprising heart benefits.

Clinical guidelines now recommend resistance training as part of both the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.
Zena le Roux
Zena le Roux
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Zena le Roux is a health journalist with a master’s in investigative health journalism and a certified health and wellness coach specializing in functional nutrition. She is trained in sports nutrition, mindful eating, internal family systems, and applied polyvagal theory. She works in private practice and serves as a nutrition educator for a UK-based health school.