Engaging Seminar on Exercise, Physical Activity, and Health Effects in Women
There was a strong turnout when Professor Trine Moholdt from NTNU lectured on the effects of exercise and physical activity on women's health at the center seminar on April 28, 2025. Many are curious about how regular exercise or physical activity impacts health—especially during key life stages such as pregnancy and menopause—and which types of training are recommended.
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Trine Moholdt presented recent data showing that women over 60 experience greater relative strength gains from resistance training. She also highlighted the link between higher maximal oxygen uptake and longevity, and how high-intensity interval training has proven effective both in healthy women and in women with heart disease.
Trine Moholdt holds degrees in exercise physiology and physiotherapy. She is a researcher at NTNU, where she leads the research group Exercise, Cardiometabolic Health, and Reproduction (ExCaR). Her work focuses on how exercise and nutrition can prevent and treat cardiometabolic diseases in women of reproductive age.
Moholdt has received several prestigious awards and grants, including the Future Leader in Diabetes Award and an ERC Starting Grant for her research on how exercise affects breast milk.
