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Objective This study aimed to investigate the effect of different training models associated with a nutritional intervention program in physically active women aged 50 to 70 years. Methods Participants were randomly assigned to four training groups (CT with nutritional intervention, CT without nutritional intervention, MT with nutritional intervention, and MT without nutritional intervention) and evaluated before and after 14 weeks of training for anthropometric measurements, body composition, blood pressure, metabolic parameters, blood analyses, physical capacities, level of physical activity, and quality of life. Results The CT group showed a reduction in body mass and improvement in lower limb endurance, agility, lower and upper limb strength, and cardiorespiratory capacity. In the MT group, a positive response was observed in lower limb muscle strength, waist circumference, and the mental domain related to quality of life. Conclusion The groups with nutritional intervention showed better performance in sodium, protein, and calcium consumption parameters, as well as improvement in quality of life and level of physical activity. No difference was found between nutritional intervention associated with the two different types of training. These results suggest that a nutritional intervention program associated with different physical training models can be beneficial for physically active women between 50 and 70 years of age.

The aim of this study was to analyze the association between ACE (DD + ID versus II) and ACTN3 (TT + TC versus CC) polymorphisms in the response of multicomponent physical training programs and combined in the health parameters of physically active women aged 50 to 75 years. Participants were randomly divided into two groups: multicomponent training and combined training. Intervention lasted 14 weeks, 180 minutes a week. Genomic DNA was extracted from blood samples and genotyping analyzes were performed by conventional and real-time PCR. Associations were observed between polymorphisms in anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, physical capacity and quality of life in both models physical training, with improvement in group II -(ACEmulticomponent training in terms of abdominal circumference and sit-to -Combined training in terms of waist circumference) and TT + TC group (ACTN3 -multicomponent training in tests of muscle strength and mental quality of life domain, and combined training in body mass index, waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure, upper limb strength and cardiorespiratory capacity). Fourteen weeks of multicomponent and combined physical training in physically active women aged 50 to 75 years resulted in greater health benefits for genotypes II (ACE) and TT + TC (ACTN3).