Molecular predictors of resistance training outcomes in young untrained female adults
Morgan A. Smith, Casey L. Sexton, Kristen A. Smith, Shelby C. Osburn, Joshua S. Godwin, Jonathan P. Beausejour, Bradley A. Ruple, Michael D. Goodlett, Joseph L. Edison, Andrew D. Frugé, Austin T. Robinson, L. Bruce Gladden, Kaelin C. Young, Michael D. Roberts
Abstract
This study continues to delineate muscle biology differences between lower and higher responders to resistance training and is unique in that a female population was interrogated. As has been reported in prior studies, increases in satellite cell numbers are related to positive responses to resistance training. Satellite cell responsivity, rather than changes in muscle ribosome content per milligrams of tissue, may be a more important factor in delineating resistance-training responses in women.