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589 claims across 52 endpoints

Claims by endpoint

What Layne Norton, Ph.D. claims Resistance Training does, and whether the research agrees.

EndpointStanceResearchAlignmentClaims
lean massIncrease
40
With consensus106
strengthIncrease
348
With consensus91
muscle massIncrease
91
With consensus64
performanceIncrease
78
With consensus42
lean body massIncrease
48
With consensus33
fat massDecrease
47
With consensus29
body fatDecrease
31
With consensus26
painDecrease
21
With consensus21
body compositionNeutral
43
Against11
blood pressureDecrease
17
With consensus11
cognitive functionIncrease
73
With consensus10
depression symptomsDecrease
5
With consensus10
recoveryIncrease
5
With consensus9
quality of lifeIncrease
47
With consensus9
cognitionIncrease
3
With consensus8
mortalityDecrease
4
Against8
mental healthIncrease
29
With consensus8
heart rateDecrease
3
With consensus7
body weightNeutral
11
With consensus7
health benefitsIncrease
29
With consensus6
cancer riskDecrease
10
Against5
sarcopeniaDecrease
21
With consensus5
immune functionIncrease
73
With consensus5
cognitive performanceIncrease
78
With consensus4
body fat percentageNeutral
23
Against4
metabolic healthIncrease
29
With consensus3
inflammationDecrease
4
Against3
pain levelDecrease
21
With consensus3
health outcomesNeutral
21
Against2
bone healthIncrease
29
With consensus2
body massIncrease
48
With consensus2
body fat massDecrease
47
With consensus2
school performanceIncrease
78
With consensus2
sexual functionIncrease
73
With consensus2
skeletal muscle massIncrease
91
With consensus2
stressDecrease
9
With consensus2
low back painDecrease
21
With consensus2
exercise performanceNeutral
57
Against2
depressive symptomsDecrease
5
With consensus2
muscle strengthIncrease
348
With consensus2
cardiovascular healthIncrease
29
With consensus2
waist circumferenceDecrease
18
With consensus2
cancerDecrease
10
Against2
pregnancy healthIncrease
29
With consensus2
protein balanceIncrease
15
With consensus2
glycemic controlIncrease
5
With consensus1
protein intakeNeutral
4
Against1
anxiety symptomsDecrease
5
With consensus1
academic performanceIncrease
78
With consensus1
endurance performanceNeutral
57
Against1
muscle growthIncrease
11
With consensus1
insulinNeutral
11
Against1

Notable

Claims that diverge from — or run ahead of — the research.

What they've said

Mentions of Resistance Training across Layne Norton, Ph.D.'s content.

Layne Norton, Ph.D.

Cardio for Better Gains? | Educational Video | Biolayne

…utely max out their levels of hypertrophy so it is possible when I hold out possibility that some cardio could have a negative interference effect on resistance training but also balancing that with the fact that in order to get lean enough for say bodybuilding you're probably going to have to incorporate some level o…

Layne Norton, Ph.D.

Cardio for Better Gains? | Educational Video | Biolayne

…was three times a week of aerobic conditioning for 45 minutes and they progressively increase the intensity two weeks in they had subjects also start resistance training and they resistance train for 10 weeks then they looked at differences in lean body mass cross-sectional area some different satellite cell myonuclei…

Layne Norton, Ph.D.

Functional Patterns Trainer Gets the Smoke #functionaltraining

…er effect than like quarter squatting. But all forms of squatting improve jump height relative to control. People who were just jumping and not doing resistance training. Also people who resistance train the research shows have less pain. Resistance training makes you more resilient. >> Um, maybe it works for hi…