Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time : So Is Cardio, and There’s a Better Way to Have the Body You Want

by John Jaquish

In one experiment, patients with Type 2 diabetes in a group assigned to perform strength training saw improved blood lipid profiles and glycemic control while the group assigned to “cardio” exercise saw no statistically significant improvements in these metrics.162 Other research shows strength training improves endothelial function, an important component of cardiac health,163,164 and can effectively lower blood pressure.165