Endurance training may be better for anti-ageing than strength training

When it comes to slowing down cellular ageing, endurance training such as running may be more effective than resistance training, according to new research.

NEW European research has found that endurance exercise such as running, swimming, and cycling may be better than resistance exercise at slowing down ageing on a cellular level.

Led by researchers at Leipzig University, Germany, the new study looked at the effects of three types of exercise, endurance training, high intensity interval training and resistance training, which involves strength training using weights, on the way cells in the human body age.