Originally Posted by terrymorse

Strength training has also been found to increase aerobic endurance. In one study, adding strength training to cross country skiers increased time to exhaustion by 20.5%.

In another study, strength training increased lactate threshold by 12%.

This study of college women found that a low resistance/high repetition exercise produced a larger gain in endurance than either high resistance/low repetition or medium resistance/medium repetition exercise.