Higher resistance training volume offsets muscle hypertrophy nonresponsiveness in older individuals
Manoel E. Lixandrão, Marcas M. Bamman, Felipe C. Vechin, Miguel Soares Conceição, Guilherme Defante Telles, Igor Longobardi, Felipe Damas, Kaleen M. Lavin, Devin Drummer, Jeremy S. McAdam, Cory M. Dungan, Alice Erwig Leitão, Luiz Augusto Riani Costa, André Yui Aihara, Cleiton Augusto Libardi, Bruno Gualano, Hamilton Roschel
Abstract
Using a within-subject unilateral design, we demonstrated that increasing resistance training (RT) volume may be a simple, effective strategy to improve muscle hypertrophy and strength gains among older adults who do not respond to low-volume RT. In addition, it could most likely be used to further improve hypertrophic outcomes in responders.
Topics & Concepts
Muscle hypertrophyResistance trainingMedicineVolume (thermodynamics)CardiologyInternal medicinePhysical medicine and rehabilitationQuantum mechanicsPhysicsSports Performance and TrainingNutrition and Health in AgingMuscle metabolism and nutrition