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Rosie Young, PhD Candidate, Gut Microbes in Health and Disease, Quadram Institute

Does resistance training really improve your gut microbiome?

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Lifting weights just two or three times a week can significantly change the trillions of bacteria living in your gut, and it might happen in as little as eight weeks.

That’s according to a recent study – not yet peer-reviewed – finding that previously inactive people who began resistance training showed notable changes in their gut microbiome, the community of microbes living in the digestive system.

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