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Resistance training

A rack of hexagonal dumbbells arranged by weight in a gym

Light weights to failure grew more muscle than heavy ones

A 201-person trial in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise had untrained adults lift heavy or light to task failure for six weeks. The light group gained more.

Aug 1, 2026

An older man in a red top pressing dumbbells overhead beside a trainer

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Fast lifting built power in older adults, but not for everyone

A GeroScience trial put 36 middle-aged and older adults through 12 weeks of deliberately fast lifting. The gains came from force, and the speed gains went only to the slowest.

Aug 1, 2026

A woman performing a barbell squat in an empty gym

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Weight training eased depression. So did the fake version.

A trial in young anxious women compared real resistance training against a deliberately feeble sham. Both produced large improvements, and the gap between them never became clear.

Aug 1, 2026