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The Masters athlete in Olympic weightlifting: Training, lifestyle, health challenges, and gender differences.
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- Frequency and perceived influence of menopausal symptoms on training and performance in female endurance athletes.PloS one · 2025Article
- "I'm not too old to lift": exploring lifelong involvement in Olympic weightlifting through the serious leisure perspective.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- What We Do Not Know About Stretching in Healthy Athletes: A Scoping Review with Evidence Gap Map from 300 Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Physical Activity and Oxidative Stress in Aging.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Correction: The Masters athlete in Olympic weightlifting: Training, lifestyle, health challenges, and gender differences.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Quality of Functional Movements and the Back Squat in Amateur and Professional Bodybuilders.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
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- Effect of intensive training on immune system cells in elite female weightlifters.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2023Article
- Sex Differences in Age-Associated Rate of Decline in Grip Strength When Engaging in Vigorous Physical Activity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- How Do Master Weightlifters Train? A Transnational Study of Weightlifting Training Practices and Concurrent Training.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sport-related risk factors for moderate or severe urinary incontinence in master female weightlifters: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2022Article
- How Heavy Lifting Lightens Our Lives: Content Analysis of Perceived Outcomes of Masters Weightlifting.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Elite athletes' lifestyles: Consumerism to professionalism.PloS one · 2022Article
- Weightlifting during the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Transnational Study Regarding Motivation, Barriers, and Coping of Master Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Correction: The Masters athlete in Olympic weightlifting: Training, lifestyle, health challenges, and gender differences.PloS one · 2021Article
- Diet-dependent entropic assessment of athletes' lifespan.Journal of nutritional science · 2021Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundOlympic weightlifting requires strength, speed, and explosive power. Vigorous physical activity such as Olympic weightlifting, for older adults has many benefits from improved strength, social interactions, and a healthy and independent lifestyle. Little is known about the training habits, health, and lifestyle of Masters weightlifters that includes top level athletes as well as beginners, and there is a dearth of data on women.
objectivesThe primary aim was to describe demographics, training habits, and health including prevalence of injury and chronic disease in male and female Masters athletes in Olympic weightlifting. The secondary aim was to study gender differences and the age and impact of menopause on participation in the sport.
resultsThe 958 participants (46% men), ages 34 to 87, mostly train 3 to 4 days per week in 1 to 2 hour sessions. This is a highly educated and affluent group, 84% are white, 72% are married, 85% are post-secondary graduates. Exercise can also increase the risk of injury compared to less active older adults, but the rates of injury in weightlifting affecting training are lower than seen in other sports. The prevalence of depression and mental health is similar to a general population. Stress levels and sleep disturbances are more common among women than men. Women reach menopause at a similar age as women in industrialized countries, but menopausal symptoms constrained the training.
conclusionOlder athletes are capable of rigorous training programs and top performances while adjusting to changes due to biological aging. Weightlifting athletes, coaches, and health professionals must be aware of patterns of injuries and gender differences to incorporate successful prevention strategies. Knowledge of presentations of menopause and impact of menopausal symptoms on training allows women and health care providers to make informed treatment decisions.
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