A new review suggests that for people with metabolic syndrome, that may be the wrong question. Rather than identifying one form of exercise that consistently outperforms all others, researchers found that different workouts appear to influence different parts of the condition. Metabolic syndrome affects people who have a combination of risk factors linked to poor metabolic health. Instead, different exercise styles appeared to have different strengths. ReferenceXinyu Shen et al, Comparative efficacy of various exercise therapies for metabolic syndrome a systematic review and network meta-analysis, iScience (2026).