Pump Iron!

I am a yoga devotee, but when it comes to losing the baby weight around my middle, evidence suggests that weight training is the way to go. It definitely slows down weight-gain as women age.

According to a new study, women who lift weights have better control over the dangerous abdominal fat that can lead to heart disease.

According to a report of the study published in the Globe and Mail:

• 164 overweight and obese women aged 24 to 44 were divided into two groups, the article states. One group participated in a two-year weight-training program and the other was given a brochure recommending that they exercise for 30 minutes to an hour most days of the week. Both groups were told not to change their diets in order to change their weight.

• Women who did the weight-training for two years had only a 7-per-cent increase in intra-abdominal fat, compared with a 21-per-cent increase in the group given exercise advice, the report said.

You know, whenever I read about studies like these, I realise I would make a terrible research subject. If I were in the control group who got the brochure, I would be truly pissed once I read the results.