Exercise

Resistance Training Complements Aerobic Exercise For Women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 21st, 2001

Resistance training burns calories for more than an hour after a workout and may be as important as aerobic exercise for women in the fight against fat, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins and Arizona State universities.

The study found that after women did a series of resistance exercises involving weights, their bodies' energy expenditure was raised for up to two hours after the workout. Typically, exercises such as jogging or aerobics burn more calories during the workout but increase metabolism for less than an hour afterward.

Results were published in the June 2001 issue of Medicine, Science Sports and Exercise, a journal of...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-06-21)

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