Acute Inflammatory and Affective Responses to Varying Resistance Training Loads in Women who are Postmenopausal
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Physical activity is a powerful behavioral intervention that can improve key metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors in aging women.Although a considerable amount of research has focused on the health benefits of aerobic exercise participation among aging women, much less is known about physiological and affective responses to an acute bouts of resistance exercise in women who are postmenopausal.The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of RE intensity on physiological, affective, and motivational outcomes in postmenopausal women at heightened risk for chronic disease.A total of 13 overweight women who were postmenopausal (Age: 9.23±11.31years; Height: 63.27±2.74in:Weight: 77.23±10.60kg)participated in the study.Each participant completed 3 experimental conditions.Prior to experimental conditions, participants completed a baseline assessment of strength and body composition, 6 familiarization sessions to acclimate participants to the resistance exercises and loads for each condition.Three sets of each exercise were performed in each experimental, whereas the load and number of repetitions lifted differed in each experimental condition.The low-load condition involved sets of 12-15 reps at 55%-64% 1 repetition maximum (RM), with 60 seconds of rest between sets.The moderate load involved sets of 8-12 reps at 65%-75% 1RM, with 90 seconds of rest between sets.The heavy load involved sets of 3-6 reps at 80-90% 1RM, with 120 seconds of rest between sets.Assessment of inflammatory markers were obtained prior to, immediately after, 15 minutes and 30 minutes after each closest to me away; I did that to you and for that I'm sorry.I promise to never turn my back on you again and I look forward to repairing our relationship and many years of success together.Dr. Carl Maresh, you always have a smile on your face.I loved catching you in the halls, cracking a few jokes and giving each other a hard time.You remind me to not lose my personality and I am extremely grateful for that.Dr. William Kraemer, it's been an honor to learn from a living legend.Your words of wisdom, whether it be in the classroom, chatting in the gym, or grilling me in various presentations, never fell on deaf ears.I'm a better scholar for knowing you.v Dr. Maryam Lustberg, my biggest regret from my time here is that we didn't get to work together more.Your passion and appreciation for the value of exercise and nutrition as a part of cancer care is inspiring.Please don't ever lose that.Lastly, Dr. Brian Focht, there are no words that will do justice to the impact you have had on my life.Beyond teaching me how to be a better academic and professional, you taught me how to be a better man, to carry myself with integrity (still working on that!), and how rewarding it can be to give to others.I can't thank you enough; working under and learning from you the past 4 years has changed my life.vi
Author: Ciaran C Fairman
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Rehabilitation
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2804495927