The Claim
Sixteen weeks of hypertrophy-type resistance training produces similar increases in phase angle and intracellular water in young adult men and women, indicating no significant sex-based difference in cellular hydration response to this training protocol.
What the research says
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After 16 weeks of hypertrophy-style weight training, young adult men and women show the same increase in phase angle and intracellular water, meaning their cellular hydration responds equally to this type of exercise.
See the scientific wording
Hypertrophy-type resistance training for 16 weeks produces similar increases in phase angle and intracellular water in young adult men and women, indicating no significant sex-based difference in cellular hydration response to this training protocol.
When muscles grow larger from weight training, they pack in more proteins, which pulls water inside the cells. This makes the cell membranes stronger and better at holding electrical charge, which shows up as a higher phase angle on body scans.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Hypertrophy-type Resistance Training Improves Phase Angle in Young Adult Men and Women
Both guys and girls who did weight training for 16 weeks got equally better at holding water inside their cells, and their body cells became healthier in the same way — so sex doesn’t matter for this kind of benefit.
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