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High-Speed Resistance Training in Older Women: The Role of Supervision

2016; Human Kinetics; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1123/japa.2015-0122

1543-267X

Rodrigo Ramírez‐Campillo, Cristian Martínez‐Salazar, Carlos De la Fuente, Eduardo Lusa Cadore, Mário C. Marques, Fábio Yuzo Nakamura, Irineu Loturco, Alexis Caniuqueo Vargas, Rodrigo Cañas, Míkel Izquierdo,

Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

Older women participated in a 12-week high-speed resistance training program under two supervisor-to-subject ratio methods (i.e., high versus low supervision) to assess its effects on muscle strength, power, functional performance, and quality of life assessed before (T1) and after (T2) intervention. Women were divided into either the control group (CG, n = 15), high supervision group (HSG, n = 30), or low supervision group (LSG, n = 28). The training program included exercises requiring high-speed concentric muscle actions. No differences were observed among groups at T1. Between T1 and T2, the HSG showed a higher ( p < .05) improvement in muscle strength (ES = 0.36–1.26), power (ES = 0.5–0.88), functional performance (ES = 0.52–0.78), and quality of life (ES = 0.44–0.82) compared with LSG and CG. High-speed resistance training under closer supervision is more effective for improving muscle strength, power, functional performance, and quality of life in older women.