Lifting Weights Changes Your Fat Long Before You Lose Weight — at Least in Mice
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In just seven days of strength training, obese mice showed reduced visceral fat around their organs and smaller fat cells, with increased activation of fat-breakdown pathways before any weight loss occurred. The findings suggest strength training improves metabolic health independently of weight loss.
Tested in mice over one week. Human trials are needed to confirm whether these metabolic changes occur in people.
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