Research
Macro partitioning
Strength training provides specific health benefits, including improved balance, reduced fall risk, and positive impacts on endurance, previously associated primarily with aerobic exercise.
Include strength training in your routine. It improves balance, reduces fall risk, and can boost endurance, offering benefits beyond just muscle size.
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It has been found that strength training in some individuals contributes to a relatively large positive impact on health and endurance, effects previously associated primarily with aerobic exercise [46,47].
Why this rating
Supported by specific citations regarding endurance and balance improvements.
Source
Physical Activity and Sports—Real Health Benefits: A Review with Insight into the Public Health of Sweden
Christer Malm et al. · Sports · 2019
DOI 10.3390/sports7050127
narrative_reviewCited 586×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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