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TL;DR: In a small Spanish trial, people with early Parkinson’s who did 12 weeks of strength training, with or without added thinking tasks, got faster on a walking test and stronger on a chair-stand test than people who did not exercise. Adding the thinking ta…
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TL;DR: Teenage girls on a national youth soccer team who swapped two practices a week for weight training got stronger and did better on a classic focus test than teammates who kept their usual practice. Blood markers often linked to brain growth did not chang…
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TL;DR: Six weeks of home “static hold” arm training made untrained young men about 27% stronger and increased how fast they built up force by about 60%. Brain-to-muscle signals changed too, but tests of a proposed brainstem pathway gave mixed results. Key Find…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Journal of Korean Medical Science found that resistance exercise was more consistently associated with lower depression and anxiety scores than aerobic exercise in Korean adults, but the cross-sectional design means the study cannot prov…
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Exercise Beats Medication for Depression, But Which Type Matters Most? TL;DR: Aerobic exercise matches antidepressant efficacy for depression with effect size −1.60, resistance training slightly edges aerobic for anxiety, and neither requires meeting WHO guide…
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