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Strength training

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Combining cardio and weights lowered deaths by 60% in coronary heart disease trials

Cardiac rehabilitation has long meant a treadmill. A Sports Medicine Open meta-analysis of randomized trials found adding resistance training beat aerobic exercise alone on fitness and quality of life, and cut mortality against usual care.

Aug 26, 2026

An older man in a blue t-shirt standing in a living room holding a small orange dumbbell in each hand

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Exercise for muscle loss peaked near 690 MET-minutes a week, then the benefit fell away

A Geriatric Nursing network meta-analysis of 29 randomized trials modeled dose curves for sarcopenia. Grip strength and walking both improved from 140 MET-minutes, both turned over at the top, and each preferred a different exercise.

Aug 26, 2026

A physiotherapist in a dark uniform fastening a blue and black cuff around a patient's lower leg on a treatment couch

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Light weights with a blood flow cuff matched heavy lifting for strength in 45 rehab trials

A British Journal of Sports Medicine review pooled 45 trials and 1,652 people in musculoskeletal rehab. Low-load exercise with a blood flow cuff beat low-load exercise alone for strength, and drew level with heavy lifting.

Aug 25, 2026