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Evidence suggests Resistance Training mayincreaseHealth benefits.
29 studies (29 claims)
Strong consensus
Typical effective dose 35000 (35000–35000) mgacross 1 dosed study
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| resistance training with dietary treatments | Increases - increased | mental health scores | Human | healthy older adults | High dairy protein (HP-D) >1.2 g/kg body weight/day (~27 g/day dairy protein), delivered at each main meal or post-resistance training. | Muscle strength gains during resistance exercise training are attenuated with soy compared with dairy or usual protein intake in older adults: A randomized controlled trial.cited 35× |
| resistance training (RT) exercise orders (multijoint to single-joint and upper- to lower-body, single-joint to multijoint and upper- to lower-body, multijoint to single-joint and lower- to upper-body, and single-joint to multijoint and lower- to upper-body) | No effect - have similar effects | health parameters | Human | trained older women | Not specified (study focused on exercise order, not dosage). | Effect of Resistance Exercise Orders on Health Parameters in Trained Older Women: A Randomized Crossover Trial.cited 6× |
| resistance training (RT) exercise orders (multijoint to single-joint and upper- to lower-body, single-joint to multijoint and upper- to lower-body, multijoint to single-joint and lower- to upper-body, and single-joint to multijoint and lower- to upper-body) | Increases - presented significant improvements | mental health parameters | Human | trained older women (>60 yr) | Not specified (study focused on exercise order, not dosage). | Effect of Resistance Exercise Orders on Health Parameters in Trained Older Women: A Randomized Crossover Trial.cited 6× |
| Progressive resistance training (PRT) and adequate dietary protein | Increases - are recognised as important contributors to the maintenance | muscle health and function | Human | older adults | — | The effects of a protein enriched diet with lean red meat combined with a multi-modal exercise program on muscle and cognitive health and function in older adults: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.cited 29× |
| whey protein administered after resistance training | Increases - was more effective in improving | metabolic health Z-score | Human | pre-conditioned older women | 35 g of whey protein or placebo pre- and post-resistance training | Effects of pre- or post-exercise whey protein supplementation on body fat and metabolic and inflammatory profile in pre-conditioned older women: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.cited 13× |
| single-limb, high-repetitive, resistance training with elastic bands, three times/week for 8 weeks | No effect - changes in | limb muscle strength and endurance capacity, key protein involved in quadriceps anabolic/catabolic signalization, fiber-type distribution and capillarization, subjective dyspnea and muscle fatigue, muscle oxygenation, cardiorespiratory demand and health-related quality-of-life | Human | patients with stable severe to very severe COPD who are older than 40 years of age | Three times/week for 8 weeks (using elastic bands). | Muscular and functional effects of partitioning exercising muscle mass in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| two-limb high-repetitive resistance training with elastic bands, three times/week for 8 weeks | No effect - changes in | limb muscle strength and endurance capacity, key protein involved in quadriceps anabolic/catabolic signalization, fiber-type distribution and capillarization, subjective dyspnea and muscle fatigue, muscle oxygenation, cardiorespiratory demand and health-related quality-of-life | Human | patients with stable severe to very severe COPD who are older than 40 years of age | Three times/week for 8 weeks (using elastic bands). | Muscular and functional effects of partitioning exercising muscle mass in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| sufficient intake of calcium, vitamin D, and protein, along with regular exercise incorporating progressive, supervised resistance training | Increases - crucial to counteract negative impacts | bone health | Human | people following bariatric procedures | Not specified | Management of Adverse Skeletal Effects Following Bariatric Surgery Procedures in People Living with Obesity. |
| lower limb resistance training program combined with breathing-regulation techniques | Increases - demonstrated significant improvements | physical health aspects of quality of life | Human | patients with diabetes-related foot ulcers | Not specified | Effects of a 12-week lower limb resistance training with breathing regulation in patients with diabetes-related foot ulcers: A randomized controlled trial. |
| resistance training several times per week | No effect - is crucial | muscle and bone health | Human | — | Resistance training several times per week (specific dosage not detailed). | Sarcopenia and fragility fractures.cited 136× |
| six weeks of resistance training | Increases - improved | joint health status (Colorado score) | Human | males with all severities of haemophilia A and B | Not specified | Exercise for haemophilia.cited 70× |
| lower limb resistance training | No effect - No improvements were found | impact of stroke on self-perceived health | Human | individuals with chronic stroke | Not specified | Effect of lower limb resistance training on ICF components in chronic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs. |
| home-based resistance training program | Increases - is safe, feasible, and effective for improving | mobility, functional exercise capacity, and health-related quality of life | Human | THR patients | Not specified (home-based resistance-band exercises, 12-week program). | Effects of a Home-Based Resistance Training Program on Recovery From Total Hip Replacement Surgery: Feasibility and Pilot Testing.cited 14× |
| 12-week home-based resistance training program | Decreases - showed a statistically significant time effect for | health-related quality of life | Human | participants | Not specified (home-based resistance-band exercises, 12-week program). | Effects of a Home-Based Resistance Training Program on Recovery From Total Hip Replacement Surgery: Feasibility and Pilot Testing.cited 14× |
| whole-body resistance training | Increases - improved | impact domain in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) | Human | patients hospitalized for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 2 sets of 8 repetitions per muscle group, initial load set at 80% of 1-repetition maximum. | Impact of resistance training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients during periods of acute exacerbation.cited 52× |
| Resistance Training combined with Aerobic Training or nutritional supplements | Increases - has better effects than Resistance Training alone | musculoskeletal health | Human | older male adults with sarcopenia | Not specified | Effects of different intervention combined with resistance training on musculoskeletal health in older male adults with sarcopenia: A systematic review.cited 4× |
| creatine supplementation and resistance training | Increases - could be an effective intervention to improve | aging musculoskeletal health | Human | — | Not specified | Creatine supplementation and aging musculoskeletal health.cited 67× |
| Resistance training | Increases - produces several physiological adaptations which improve | aging musculoskeletal health | Human | — | Not specified | Creatine supplementation and aging musculoskeletal health.cited 67× |
| Eccentric resistance training (ERT) | Increases - improves | self-perceived health | Human | stroke participants | Not specified | Effects of eccentric resistance training after stroke on body function, activities of daily living and cognitive function: A review.cited 1× |
| high protein diet (>3 g/kg/day) coupled with a periodized heavy resistance training program | No effect - no deleterious effects | health | Human | — | 2.6 ± 0.8 g/kg/day (normal diet) and 3.3 ± 0.8 g/kg/day (high-protein diet). | The effects of a high protein diet on indices of health and body composition--a crossover trial in resistance-trained men.cited 41× |
| resistance training (RT) program | Increases - improving | health-related quality of life (QoL) | Human | post-bariatric patients | 60-minute sessions, 3 times/week | Effects of physical training on physical and functional fitness, physical activity level, endothelial function, hemodynamic variables, bone metabolism, and quality of life of post-bariatric patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 5× |
| high protein diet in conjunction with a periodized heavy resistance training program | No effect - would affect | indices of body composition, performance and health | Human | healthy resistance-trained men and women | High-protein group: 3.4 g/kg/d; normal-protein group: 2.3 g/kg/d. | A high protein diet (3.4 g/kg/d) combined with a heavy resistance training program improves body composition in healthy trained men and women--a follow-up investigation.cited 83× |
| prehabilitation program (PREOPtimize), consisting of Nordic Walking and resistance training exercises plus health education | Increases - improve | health-related quality of life | Human | patients with breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant therapy | 2 weekly sessions of 75 minutes of Nordic Walking plus muscle strengthening exercises and health education. | Prehabilitation in Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Therapy to Minimize Musculoskeletal Postoperative Complications and Enhance Recovery (PREOPtimize): A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 4× |
| phytoestrogen supplementation combined with aerobic and resistance training | Increases - significantly and similarly increased | global health | Human | postmenopausal and overweight women | Not specified | Long-term exercise training and soy isoflavones to improve quality of life and climacteric symptoms.cited 9× |
| resistance training (RT) | Decreases - has an important ability to reduce the prevalence of non-response | 20 outcomes of health and performance | Human | insulin-resistant adult women | — | Interindividual responses to different exercise stimuli among insulin-resistant women.cited 11× |
| resistance training | No effect - is associated with many cardiometabolic benefits | cardiometabolic health-related outcomes | Human | patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and concurrent overweight/obesity | Not specified | Impact of resistance training on cardiometabolic health-related indices in patients with type 2 diabetes and overweight/obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 9× |
| Resistance training (RT) | Increases - are strategies that may contribute to health improvements | health | Human | older adults | Not specified in the abstract. | Effects of Whey Protein Supplementation Pre- or Post-Resistance Training on Muscle Mass, Muscular Strength, and Functional Capacity in Pre-Conditioned Older Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 59× |
| resistance training | Increases - shapes good health | health | Human | adults | Not specified | The pursuit of health: A vitality based perspective.cited 8× |
| resistance training (RT) | Increases - improves | related health outcomes | Human | non-metastatic CSPC survivors | Not specified (only mentions "an established creatine supplementation protocol"). | Creatine supplementation and resistance training to preserve muscle mass and attenuate cancer progression (CREATINE-52): a protocol for a double-blind randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| resistance training | Increases - demonstrated improvement | several physical fitness- and health-related parameters | Human | young healthy adults | 6-12 "all out" 5-second efforts per session, 3 days/week, with 24-second recovery intervals (~13 min/session). | Combined effects of very short "all out" efforts during sprint and resistance training on physical and physiological adaptations after 2 weeks of training.cited 17× |
| blood-flow restricted resistance training (BFR-T) | Increases - enhance | mental health | Human | patients with pancreatic, biliary tract, and liver cancer | Low-load BFR-T (specific load not detailed) with protein supplementation. | Blood flow restriction Exercise in the perioperative setting to Prevent loss of muscle mass in patients with pancreatic, biliary tract, and liver cancer: study protocol for the PREV-Ex randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| 12-week leg-focused high-weight resistance training plus high-protein diet | Increases - improved | parent-reported quality of life on the bodily pain, general health perception, and change in health domains | Human | paediatric Fontan patients | Not specified | Leg-focused high-weight resistance training improves ventricular stroke volume, exercise capacity and strength in young patients with a Fontan circulation.cited 11× |
| 12-week leg-focused high-weight resistance training plus high-protein diet | Increases - improved | self-reported quality of life on the physical functioning and change in health domains | Human | paediatric Fontan patients | Not specified | Leg-focused high-weight resistance training improves ventricular stroke volume, exercise capacity and strength in young patients with a Fontan circulation.cited 11× |