Research Article Strength Gains as a Result of Brief, Infrequent Resistance Exercise in Older Adults

Copyright © 2014 James Fisher et al. his is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Chronological aging is associated with a decrease in skeletal muscle mass and bone mineral density, an increase in fat mass, frequency of falls and fractures, and the likelihood of obesity, diabetes, and coronary heart disease. Resistance exercise has been shown to counter all of these efects of aging and, in turn, reduce the risk of all-cause mortality. However, variables such as volume and frequency have become contentious issues, with recent publications suggesting that similar physiological adaptations are possible with both high- and low-volume approaches. he aim of this research was to consider strength increases as a result of brief, infrequent resistance exercise. he present study ofers data from 33 (14 male and 19 female) older adults ( � = 55 years) who underwent brief (<15 minutes per exercise session), infrequent (2×/week), resistance exercise to a high intensity of efort (6-repetition maximum) at a controlled repetition duration (10 seconds concentric: 10 seconds eccentric) on 5 resistance machines (chest press, leg press, pull-down, seated row, and overhead press). Data is presented for training interventions of 12 weeks (male) and 19 weeks (female). Signiicant strength increases were identiied for all exercises. With the detailed health beneits obtainable