Use Of Different Resistance Training Devices And Its Effects In The Fitness Of Postmenopausal Women

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p=0.000), and JH (20.1 ± 0.02cm vs.24.1 ± 0.02; p=0.013). CONCLUSION:These data indicate that drop jump characteristics were altered by hand placement. Hands free drop jump trials produced significantly better scores than hands on hips in women collegiate basketball players. (No relationships reported)PURPOSE: Previously we demonstrated that a 12-week periodized resistance training (RT) program results in improvements in glucose tolerance and body composition, without any effect on arterial stiffness, independent of weight loss in overweight, sedentary young adult men. To investigate if the same intervention exhibited effects on plasma lipids, atherogenic mediators, adiponectin (Acrp30), and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT).METHODS: 33 sedentary, overweight young adult men (age = 22 ± 2.5 yrs, BMI = 31.5 ± 2.9 kg/m 2 ) were randomized in a 3:1 fashion to a RT group (12 wks of training at 3 sessions/wk) or control group (C, 12 wks of no training). After an overnight fast and abstaining from exercise for 72 hrs, pre-and post-intervention measures of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), non-HDL cholesterol, triglycerides (TG), matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), myeloperoxidase (MPO), soluble-E-selectin (sE-selectin), soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), soluble vascular adhesion molecule 1 (sVCAM-1), tissue plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (tPAI-1), Acrp30, and cIMT were determined.