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Can Resistance Training Keep Us Feeling Young? — VOA Learning English

Article · Language: English · Level: medium · Author: VOA Learning English · ≈ 6 min · 888 words

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Can Resistance Training Keep Us Feeling Young?

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.

Some experts suggest that lifting weights is the best way to keep our bodies strong and healthy as we age. Weight lifting is a type of resistance training.

Penn State University College of Medicine experts define resistance training as "a type of exercise that causes your muscles to work against an outside resistance."

Some experts claim resistance training can even slow aging.

Marcas Bamman has researched the effects of weight-resistance training on aging bodies for many years. He shared his advice recently with the Associated Press.

“Resistance training is in many ways the true fountain of youth,” Bamman said.

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Stephen Wade reported this story for The Associated Press from Tokyo. Anna Matteo adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/can-resistance-training-keep-us-feeling-young-/768

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