Showing posts with label strokes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strokes. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Reprise: Everyone -- Stop Playing Bingo and Get into the Gym!

Here's another article that demonstrates the benefits of weight training ... this time for everyone!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/well/move/even-a-little-weight-training-may-cut-the-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_hh_20181205&nl=well&nl_art=3&nlid=67594383emc%3Dedit_hh_20181205&ref=headline&te=1

Here are a few quotes from the article ...

The findings were dramatic: The risk of experiencing these events (stroke & heart attacks) was roughly 50 percent lower for those who lifted weights occasionally, compared with those who never did — even when they were not doing the recommended endurance exercise. People who lifted twice a week, for about an hour or so in total, had the greatest declines in risk.

As an associational study, the results show only that people who occasionally lift weights happen to have healthier hearts ...