The Claim
Aerobic exercise and combined exercise significantly improve cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak) in adults with overweight or obesity, with aerobic exercise producing greater improvements than combined exercise, while resistance training alone results in minimal improvement in VO2peak.
What the research says
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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 and combined exercise significantly improve cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak) in adults with overweight or obesity, with aerobic exercise producing the largest gains, while resistance training alone produces minimal improvement.
What the research says
1 studyThis 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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