Fitness

Weight Lifting Strengthens Your Nervous System, Too

The first few weeks of weight lifting may strengthen your nervous system, rather than your muscles.

Michael Hunter, MD
3 min readSep 7, 2020

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Have you ever had frustration that you are not building a lot of muscle with weightlifting? I know I have been. But even though your initial workouts might not create much…

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Michael Hunter, MD

I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Penn. I am a radiation oncologist in the Seattle area. You may find me regularly posting at www.newcancerinfo.com