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In adults with overweight or obesity, aerobic exercise and combined exercise programs improve cardiorespiratory fitness, measured as VO2peak, with aerobic exercise leading to the greatest gains; resistance training alone has little effect on this measure.

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Aerobic, resistance, or combined exercise training and cardiovascular risk profile in overweight or obese adults: the CardioRACE trial

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2024 Apr 1

This study found that walking or cycling (aerobic exercise) made people’s hearts and lungs stronger, especially compared to just lifting weights. Combining both types of exercise helped just as much as aerobic alone, but lifting weights by itself didn’t help much.

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Aerobic, resistance, or combined exercise training and cardiovascular risk profile in overweight or obese adults: the CardioRACE trial

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DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad827

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