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Responsiveness to resistance training for one outcome (e.g., strength) is not necessarily associated with responsiveness for other outcomes (e.g., glucose metabolism or blood pressure), indicating outcome-specific responses.

Do not assume that getting stronger will automatically fix your blood sugar or blood pressure. If your strength improves but your metabolic markers do not, you may need to add specific interventions (like dietary changes or different exercise types) to address those specific risks.

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high responsiveness to one stimulus... on one outcome measure such as strength, may not be associated with responsiveness to the stimulus for another health-related outcome measure such as blood pressure
Richard A. Winett et al. · Translational Behavioral Medicine · 2014

Why this rating

Based on correlation data from the Resist Diabetes study showing low correlation between strength gains and other metabolic improvements.

Source

Using response variation to develop more effective, personalized behavioral medicine?: evidence from the Resist Diabetes study

Richard A. Winett et al. · Translational Behavioral Medicine · 2014

DOI 10.1007/s13142-014-0263-2

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