The Claim
Resistance training does not significantly alter total body composition—including fat mass, fat-free mass, or total body water—in individuals with stage-3 chronic kidney disease over a 12-week period, regardless of training frequency.
What the research says
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In people with stage-3 chronic kidney disease, 12 weeks of resistance training does not change total body fat, muscle mass, or total body water, no matter how often the training is done.
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Resistance training does not significantly alter total body composition—including fat mass, fat-free mass, or total body water—in individuals with stage-3 chronic kidney disease over a 12-week period, regardless of training frequency.
When muscles are worked with resistance, they get thicker and stronger due to more protein building and better nerve signaling, but this change stays in the muscles and does not affect the total amount of fat, muscle, or water in the whole body.
What the research says
1 studyIn people with moderate kidney disease, doing leg exercises for 12 weeks made their thigh muscles stronger and thicker, but their overall body weight, fat, and muscle didn’t change — whether they trained once or three times a week.
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