Working out with weights may help your skin make more of a gooey substance that keeps it plump, while cardio like running or biking helps your skin make more of the strong fibers that give it structure—so different types of exercise might help your skin in different ways.

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Resistance training rejuvenates aging skin by reducing circulating inflammatory factors and enhancing dermal extracellular matrices

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2023 Jun 23

The study found that weight training boosts a skin protein called biglycan, which matches part of the claim, but it didn’t check the other proteins mentioned, so we can’t say the whole claim is proven.

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Resistance training rejuvenates aging skin by reducing circulating inflammatory factors and enhancing dermal extracellular matrices

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37207-9

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