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If women with or without PCOS do a 4-month strength training program, they’ll both get stronger—like being able to lift heavier weights on the bench press and leg machine.

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Hyperandrogenism Enhances Muscle Strength After Progressive Resistance Training, Independent of Body Composition, in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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2018 Sep

The study gave women with and without PCOS a 4-month weight-training program and found that both groups got stronger, just like the claim says.

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Hyperandrogenism Enhances Muscle Strength After Progressive Resistance Training, Independent of Body Composition, in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002714

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If women—whether or not they have PCOS—do strength training for four months, they tend to lose body fat and have lower testosterone levels.

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Women with PCOS who have higher levels of male-type hormones tend to get stronger faster when they do weight training for 4 months—even if their body fat or muscle size doesn’t change much.

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For young women, doing resistance training with lighter weights for 10 weeks can build leg strength just as well as training with heavier weights, with strength gains around 10-16%.

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For young women, doing lighter weightlifting for 10 weeks can build leg muscle just as well as heavier lifting, with muscle growth between 3% and 12%.

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Doing strength training for 12 weeks can boost muscle strength by about a quarter to nearly half in women after menopause — whether they're healthy or have survived breast cancer.

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