October 27, 2015

New UBC research has found that older women who lifted weights twice a week had fewer age-related holes or lesions in their brains, compared to those who lifted weights once a week and those whose exercise routines focused on balance and flexibility. Resistance training could be a key to slowing cognitive decline, the researchers concluded.

A similar article appeared in the Globe and Mail.

http://news.ubc.ca/2015/10/27/lifting-weights-twice-a-week-may-slow-brain-aging/