If overweight women in their late 60s cut their daily calories by 500 and lift weights three times a week for 13 weeks, they keep more of their muscle compared to those who don’t exercise—even though both groups lose the same amount of overall weight and fat.

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Resistance Training Preserves Fat‐free Mass Without Impacting Changes in Protein Metabolism After Weight Loss in Older Women

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2009 Jul

The study found that older women who did strength training three times a week while dieting lost much less muscle than those who didn’t train — even though both groups lost the same amount of total weight and fat. So yes, lifting weights helps keep muscle when losing weight.

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Resistance Training Preserves Fat‐free Mass Without Impacting Changes in Protein Metabolism After Weight Loss in Older Women

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DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.2

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