Lifting weights protects against metabolic syndrome

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/wkh-lwp102312.php

Public release date: 23-Oct-2012
Contact: Connie Hughes
Wolters Kluwer Health
Population study shows lower rate of cardiovascular risk factors in those who lift weights

Philadelphia, Pa. (October 23, 2012) - People who lift weights are less likely to have metabolic syndrome—a cluster of risk factors linked to heart disease and diabetes, reports a study in the October issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

"Lifting weights may play a role in reducing the prevalence and risk of metabolic syndrome among U.S. adults," according to the study by Peter M. Magyari, PhD, HFS, CSCS, and James R. Churilla, PhD, MPH, MS, RCEP, CSCS, FACSM of Brooks College of Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville.

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