Scientists pondered the effectiveness of two types of training for overweight men--resistance training such as using barbells or exercise machines or--endurance training as in fast walking, running or bicycling, in reducing cardiac risk.

"Both 'endurance and resistance training] reduce cardiac heart disease risk," they found, " however endurance training provided a more favorable modification of risk factors."

Which Training Is Best For Overweight Men? Bibliography

FASEB annual meeting abstracts, 2002. Potteiger, Carper, Hulver, Va. Commonwealth U., Richmond, U. of Kansas, Lawrence, KN, and E. Carolina U., Greenville, NC.

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