Resistance Exercise Intensity Progression in Older Men.
International Journal of Sports Medicine, 2010
Our purpose was to examine possible influences of age on resistance exercise (RE) intensity progression in men.
Twenty-four men, divided in young sedentary (YS; n=10; 25.93.7 years), older sedentary (OS; n=7; 67.45.2 years), and older runners (OR; n=7; 71.33.0 years), underwent a 2 times-a-week RE program for 13 weeks.
RE workloads were recorded for each exercise session, and increases of 5-10% were made whenever adaptation occurred.
Relative RE intensity progression was not significantly different between YS and OS, except for a greater increase in calf raise relative workload observed in YS (P<0.05).
In contrast, OR displayed greater relative workload increase in 7 and 6 exercises than YS and OS, respectively (P<0.05).
These results suggest that healthy sedentary older men are capable to exercise and increase RE intensity in the same way as young men, while physically active older men are capable to increase RE intensity in greater way than sedentary young and older men.
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