Clinical trial · Exercise · 14 Nov 2026
In 28 overweight young women, resistance training plus breathing practice changed lipids, breathing, and aerobic capacity
Source: Scientific Reports
What the research found
A randomized trial was published online on 14 November 2026. Twenty-eight young women with overweight were assigned to resistance training or to the same training plus breathing retraining. The abstract does not give a numeric age range. Sessions were supervised for 8 weeks, 3 times a week, 60 minutes each. Both groups had lower triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, central aortic systolic pressure, a second systolic peak, and radial augmentation index, and higher vital capacity, forced vital capacity, maximal voluntary ventilation, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, peak expiratory flow, and VO2peak (p<0.05). The breathing group improved further on anaerobic threshold, peak oxygen pulse, vital capacity, maximal voluntary ventilation, the second systolic peak, and central aortic systolic pressure (p<0.05). Registry ChiCTR2400089050. The abstract does not give the size of each change. A small trial with no inactive comparison group. DOI 10.1038/s41598-026-80091-2. Not medical advice.
Evidence level: Clinical trial. This is among the stronger kinds of evidence, but one study rarely settles a question.
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