ArticlePloS one2016
The Chronic Effects of Low- and High-Intensity Resistance Training on Muscular Fitness in Adolescents.
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- Effects of different training on lower limb explosive power in youth soccer players: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Distinguishing athlete's heart from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by ECG features in the pediatric population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Chronic Effects of Altering Resistance Training Set Configurations Using Cluster Sets: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis of Resistance Training in Female Youth: Its Effect on Muscular Strength, and Shortcomings in the Literature.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Pooled it
- Acute effects of different resistance training loads on cardiac autonomic modulation in hypertensive postmenopausal women.Journal of translational medicine · 2018Trial
- The Era of Resistance Training as a Primary Form of Physical Activity for Physical Fitness and Health in Youth Has Come.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Effects of Supervised Strength Training on Physical Fitness in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Resistance Training to Muscle Failure with Variable Load Intensities: Implications for Post-Exercise Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability in Trained Men.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Maximal Number of Repetitions at Percentages of the One Repetition Maximum: A Meta-Regression and Moderator Analysis of Sex, Age, Training Status, and Exercise.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- May the Force and Mass Be With You-Evidence-Based Contribution of Mechano-Biological Descriptors of Resistance Exercise.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- Practical Recommendations Relevant to the Use of Resistance Training for COVID-19 Survivors.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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- High-Intensity Multimodal Training for Young People: It's Time to Think Inside the Box!Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- "NO LOAD" Resistance Training Promotes High Levels of Knee Extensor Muscles Activation-A Pilot Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Resistance Training in Face of the Coronavirus Outbreak: Time to Think Outside the Box.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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- Comparison of elbow flexor isokinetic peak torque and fatigue index between men and women of different training level.European journal of translational myology · 2017Article
- The Effects of 6 Months of Progressive High Effort Resistance Training Methods upon Strength, Body Composition, Function, and Wellbeing of Elderly Adults.BioMed research international · 2017Article
- Resistance Training with Single vs. Multi-joint Exercises at Equal Total Load Volume: Effects on Body Composition, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Muscle Strength.Frontiers in physiology · 2017Article
- Effectiveness of Traditional Strength vs. Power Training on Muscle Strength, Power and Speed with Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2017Review
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Abstract
To compare the effects of high-load, low-repetition maximum (LRM) and low-load, high-repetition maximum (HRM) resistance training regimens on muscular fitness in untrained adolescents. Forty-five untrained adolescents of both sexes (13.7±0.8 years; 161.3±7.5 cm, 56.8±13.4 kg) were randomly assigned into one of three groups: 1) LRM (n = 17): volunteers performed three sets of 4-6-repetition maximum (RM); 2) HRM (n = 16): volunteers performed three sets of 12-15 RM; and 3) control (CON, n = 12). Training was performed two times a week for 9 weeks. After training, there were significant increases in 1 RM chest press (LRM = 14.8% and HRM = 14.2%, p<0.05) and squat (LRM = 26.4% and HRM = 25.7%, p<0.05), with no differences between the LRM and HRM groups (p>0.05). Additionally, muscular endurance increased significantly for the chest press (LRM = 14.5% and HRM = 21.8%, p<0.05) and squat test (LRM = 31.4% and HRM = 32.4%, p<0.05) following resistance training, with no difference between the LRM and HRM groups (p>0.05). These results suggest that both high-load, low-repetition and moderate-load, high-repetition resistance training can be prescribed to improve muscular fitness in untrained adolescents.
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