1. Effect of Resistance Exercise Order on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Older Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Crisieli M. Tomeleri, Paolo M. Cunha, Márcia M. Dib, Durcelina Schiavoni, Witalo Kassiano, Bruna Costa, Denilson C. Teixeira, Rafael Deminice, Ricardo José Rodrigues, Danielle Venturini, Décio S. Barbosa, Cláudia R. Cavaglieri, Luís B. Sardinha, and Edilson S. Cyrino
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strength training ,intensity ,volume ,oxidative stress ,inflammatory biomarkers ,women’s health ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health - Abstract
We compared the effects of two specific resistance training (RT) exercise orders on cardiovascular risk factors. Forty-four untrained older women (>60 years) were randomly assigned to three groups: control (CON, n = 15), multi-joint to single-joint (MJ-SJ, n = 14), and single-joint to multi-joint (SJ-MJ, n = 15) exercise orders. Training groups performed a whole-body RT program (eight exercises, 3 × 10–15 repetitions for each exercise) over 12 weeks in 3 days/week. Body fat, triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL-c, LDL-c, VLDL-c, glucose, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, C-reactive protein, total radical-trapping antioxidant (TRAP), advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP), ferrous oxidation-xylenol (FOX), and nitric oxide concentrations (NOx) were determined pre- and post-intervention. Significant interaction group × time (p < 0.05) revealed reducing fat mass and trunk fat and improvements in glucose, LDL-c, IL-10, TNF-α, C-reactive protein, FOX, and AOPP concentrations in both training groups, without differences between them (p > 0.05). The results suggest that 12 weeks of RT, regardless of exercise order, elicit positive adaptations on body fat and metabolic biomarkers similarly in older women.
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- 2023