Doing gentle strength exercises slowly and steadily twice a week for 12 weeks makes older adults' leg muscles stronger.

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Increased muscle size and strength from slow-movement, low-intensity resistance exercise and tonic force generation.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2013 Jan

The study tested the same slow-movement exercise routine on older adults and found it really did make their leg muscles stronger, just like the claim said.

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Increased muscle size and strength from slow-movement, low-intensity resistance exercise and tonic force generation.

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DOI: 10.1123/JAPA.21.1.71

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