If you're a young adult who lifts weights, being more stressed out might slow down how quickly your leg strength bounces back after a tough workout—even if you're fit and experienced.

If you're a young adult lifting heavy weights, being under a lot of long-term stress might slow down how fast your muscles bounce back—even if you're fit or experienced.

If you're a young adult who lifts weights, being stressed out doesn't seem to slow down how quickly your leg power comes back after a tough workout — at least when it comes to exercises that aren't directly using the muscles you worked.

If you're a young adult lifting heavy weights, being under more long-term stress might slow down how quickly your muscles bounce back in the hour after your workout — even if you're fit and used to training hard.

If young adults feel more stressed, their muscles might not recover as quickly after a tough workout — and this isn't just because of how fit they are or how hard they worked out.

If you're a young adult who lifts weights, feeling stressed over time might slow down your muscle recovery—and this seems to be true whether we measure stress by how you feel or by big life events you've been through.