If older women who’ve gone through menopause do more weight training sessions, they tend to gain more muscle mass than those who do fewer sessions.

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Higher volume resistance training enhances whole-body muscle hypertrophy in postmenopausal and older females: A secondary analysis of systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

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2024 Sep

This study found that older women who did more weight training gained more muscle than those who did less, exactly as the claim says.

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Higher volume resistance training enhances whole-body muscle hypertrophy in postmenopausal and older females: A secondary analysis of systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2024.105474

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