Weight Training Cuts Heart Attack Risk 44% and Type 2 Diabetes 42%

1 articles · Updated · Sharjah24 · Jul 1

Two large studies linked regular strength training to sharply lower disease risk, with women lifting about two hours a week showing a 44% lower heart attack risk and a 20% lower overall cardiovascular disease risk.
More than 117,000 women were tracked in a long-term health study published by the American Heart Association in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, which found the benefit was strongest when weightlifting was combined with aerobics.
A separate JAMA Network Open study following more than 143,000 U.S. adults for 19 years found resistance training cut type 2 diabetes risk by 27% overall.
That diabetes benefit reached 42% among people who maintained strength training through middle age, suggesting consistency over time matters as much as starting the exercise.