STRENGTH/POWER GAINS

Research Articles

• Strength Improvements With One Year Of Progressive Resistance Training In Older Women
  
• Age And Gender Responses To Strength Training
  
• Are There Gender Differences In Eccentric Strength Responses To Strength Training In The Elderly
  
• Gains In Muscular Strength Are Maintained Eight Weeks After Strength Training Ends In Elderly
  
• Does Strength Training Inhibit Gains In Range Of Motion From Flexibility Training In Older Adults
  
• Changes In Power With Resistance Training In Older And Younger Men And Women
  
• High Velocity Power Training Increases Skeletal Muscle Peak Power in Older Women
  
• Association Of Muscle Power With Functional Status In Community-Dwelling Elderly Women
  
• Effects of Strength Training And Detraining On Muscle Quality: Age And Gender Comparisons
  
• Age and Gender Responses to Strength Training and Detraining
  
• Effects Of Age, Gender, And Myostatin Genotype On The Hypertrophic Response To Heavy Resistance
• Strength Training
  
• Muscle Quality. II. Effects Of Strength Training In 65 To 75 Year Old Men And Women
  
• Ultrastructural Muscle Damage In Young Versus Older Men After High-Volume, Heavy Resistance
• Strength Training
  
• Effects Of Heavy Resistance Unilateral Strength Training On Muscle Fiber Characteristics In Young And
• Older Men And Women
  
• Velocity Training Induces Power-Specific Adaptations In Highly Functioning Older Adults
  
• Strength Training For The Prevention And Treatment Of Sarcopenia
  

The following definitions will be useful in understanding the studies concerning strength pains.

DEXA:
Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry - a scientific test using x-ray technology to determine body composition.

MRI:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - a scientific test that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce colorful images which differentiate between muscle and fat.

Muscle Hypertrophy:
An increase in the muscle size.