{"id":83,"date":"2018-11-18T20:43:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T20:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2018-11-20T01:50:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T01:50:33","slug":"pumping-iron-better-for-heart-health-than-aerobic-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/pumping-iron-better-for-heart-health-than-aerobic-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumping Iron Better for Heart Health Than Aerobic Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have always suspected that bodybuilding will strengthen one’s heart.\u00a0 After all the heart is a muscle right?\u00a0 Why wouldn’t strength training make your heart stronger?\u00a0 I remember reading that the amount of blood pumped by the heart during a set of heavy squats is equal to the bloodflow of someone running two miles, or something like that.\u00a0 For quite a few years I was a runner, not lifting and just running.\u00a0 Not a long distance runner, my long runs were only 6 miles long and most were about 3 miles.\u00a0 I never thought that was better than lifting, incidentally, I no longer run, having resumed weightlifting consistently now for the last 5 months and loving it!\u00a0 Anyways, it seems\u00a0 to make sense according to this really interesting research presented Nov. 16 at the\u00a0ACC Latin America Conference 2018<\/a>\u00a0in Lima, Peru.<\/div>\n
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ACC News Story:<\/p>\n

While all physical activity is beneficial, static activities such as strength training may be more strongly associated with reducing cardiovascular disease risks than dynamic activities like walking and biking, according to research presented Nov. 16 at the\u00a0ACC Latin America Conference 2018<\/a>\u00a0in Lima, Peru.<\/p>\n

Researchers analyzed cardiovascular risk factors, such as high blood pressure, overweight, diabetes and high cholesterol, as a function of self-reported static and\/or dynamic activity in 4,086 American adults using data from the 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The researchers adjusted for age, ethnicity, gender and smoking and stratified by age: 21 to 44 years old or over 45 years old.<\/p>\n

In total, 36 percent of younger and 25 percent of older adults engaged in static activity, and 28 percent of younger and 21 percent of older adults engaged in dynamic activity. Researchers found engaging in either type of activity was associated with 30 to 70 percent lower rates of cardiovascular disease risk factors, but associations were strongest for static activity and in youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth strength training and aerobic activity appeared to be heart healthy, even in small amounts, at the population level,\u201d said\u00a0Maia P. Smith, PhD, MS<\/strong>, statistical epidemiologist and assistant professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at St. George\u2019s University in St. George\u2019s, Grenada. \u201cClinicians should counsel patients to exercise regardless \u2013 both activity types were beneficial. However, static activity appeared more beneficial than dynamic, and patients who did both types of physical activity fared better than patients who simply increased the level of one type of activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Results also showed that both static and dynamic activity were almost as popular in older people as younger. \u201cThe important thing is to make sure they are engaging in physical activity,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

Smith said that moving forward, future research and data collection should use definitions of physical activity that separate static from dynamic activity to further investigate independent effects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have always suspected that bodybuilding will strengthen one’s heart.\u00a0 After all the heart is a muscle right?\u00a0 Why wouldn’t strength training make your heart stronger?\u00a0 I remember reading that the amount of blood pumped by the heart during a set of heavy squats is equal to the bloodflow of someone running two miles, or … <\/p>\n

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