Strength training exercises can kickstart your body’s natural cleanup process, which is crucial for keeping our organs and tissues healthy and supporting healthy aging.
When you work out, your muscle cells experience wear and tear, so your body uses a recycling system to get rid of any damaged parts.
This process, called autophagy, is like the body’s trash collection service. It gathers up worn-out cellular parts in a “garbage bag” (called an autophagosome) and broken down into basic components and reused.
A key player in this process is a protein called BAG3, which helps spot damaged parts and ensures they’re collected in an autophagosome. Strength training activates this protein.
Resistance exercises are particularly effective at turning on BAG3, which helps recognize and remove cellular waste through autophagy.
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