My team from @UNSWMedicine has just released an interesting #systematicreview on RT + body fat in @SportsMedicineJ. Some novel and important findings for ExRx for body comp control. A thread 1/7.
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link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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2) We found that RT elicits reductions of ~1.4% body fat percentage and 0.55kg body fat mass compared with non-exercise control. Importantly, this is in studies NOT designed for weight loss! We excluded studies with concurrent dietary and aerobic exercise interventions.
3) RT also elicited moderate reductions in visceral fat compared with non-exercise control. This adds more evidence to the broad spectrum of benefit for RT on indices of health.
4) The magnitude of reduction in adiposity observed in this review is similar to previous reviews utilising different exercise modalities (i.e. continuous aerobic, or HIIT). Strengths include that this was a large-scale review with over 3000 participants and 56 studies analysed
6) Some of these findings are discussed in a broader context looking at fat loss myths in a piece I recently wrote for as part of my ABC Top5 residency
abc.net.au/news/health/20…
abc.net.au/news/health/20…
7) Overall, while this is in my opinion (*biased) a completely awesome study, the highlight for me was getting to collab with an incredible bunch of colleagues, students, and friends from my UNSW RT group
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