The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids and resistance training (RT) on insulin sensitivity in ovariectomized rats. Adult female Wistar rats were divided into ten experimental groups (n = 5 animals per group): (1) sedentary (Sed-Intact); (2) sedentary ovariectomized (Sed-Ovx); (3) sedentary nandrolone (Sed-Intact-ND); (4) sedentary ovariectomized plus nandrolo...
Effect of rest interval between sets on the volume of repetitions in the crescent pyramidal method The rest interval between multiple sets is a key-factor that determines the ability of maintaining the number of repetitions performed in subsequent sets. In this sense, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of different rest intervals in a crescent pyramidal method on the volume of perform...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a training program on anthropometric and neuromuscular variables in young swimming athletes. 16 athletes were accomplished, nine boys and seven girls, with a mean age of 14.06 1.22 years old. Training was divided into four mesocycles: T1=general endurance; T2=specific endurance; T3=competitive; T4=taper, with total duration of 23 weeks. The anthropometric v...
Although some studies have shown that a high-fat diet (HFD) adversely affects muscle extracellular matrix remodeling, the mechanisms involved in muscle trophism, inflammation, and adipogenesis have not been fully investigated. Thus, we investigated the effects of 8 weeks of paternal resistance training (RT) on gene and protein expression/activity of critical factors involved in muscle inflammation and remodelin...
Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos; The purpose of the present study was to examine the acute effects of resistance training (RT) on CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes apoptosis (annexin V+) and migration (CX3CR1). Twelve subjects performed two RT sessions (3 sets of 9 exercises) with 1 min (Hyper-1) and 3 min (Hyper-3) of rest-interval length between sets and exercises. CD4+ and CD8+ cells count displayed no change f...
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos; Tendons remodeling relies upon extracellular matrix restructuring by the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). The aim of this study was to investigate MMP-2 activity in different regions of the calcanear tendon after resistance training in ovariectomized rats. Wistar adult female rats were grouped into: sedentary (Sed-Intact); ovariectomized sedentary (Sed-Ovx); acute exercise (...
A presença do limiar anaeróbio (LAn) em exercício resistido tem sido objeto de estudo nos últimos anos. O objetivo do estudo foi identificar e comparar o LAn em uma população idosa no leg press (LP) e supino reto (SR). Catorze homens idosos (68.9 ± 4.0 anos, 170.5 ± 0.05 cm e 76.1 ± 7.8 kg) realizaram dois testes incrementais máximos baseados em porcentagens de uma repetição máxima (1RM) para a determinação do ...