Inactive adults experience a 3% to 8% loss of muscle mass per decade, accompanied by
resting metabolic rate reduction and fat accumulation. Ten weeks of resistance training may …

In 1998, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recognized obesity as a disease,
acknowledging its profound effects on individual health outcomes and socioeconomic costs …

Page 1 Periodization Theory and Methodology of Training Sixth Edition Tudor O. Bompa, PhD
Carlo A. Buzzichelli Page 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names …

Recent guidelines on exercise for weight loss and weight maintenance include resistance
training as part of the exercise prescription. Yet few studies have compared the effects of …

Purpose Sarcopenia plays a principal role in the pathogenesis of frailty and functional
impairment that occurs with aging. There are few published accounts which examine the …

Prescribed and supervised resistance training (RT) enhances muscular strength and
endurance, functional capacity and independence, and quality of life while reducing …

Using an integrative approach, this review highlights the benefits of resistance training
toward improvements in functional status, health and quality of life among older adults …

The rationale to support resistance training as an adjunct to an adult fitness or exercise-
based cardiac rehabilitation program stems from several lines of evidence. Moderate-to …

Biological aging is typically associated with a progressive increase in body fat mass and a
loss of lean body mass. Owing to the metabolic consequences of reduced muscle mass, it is …

Sarcopenia is also accelerated in patients with chronic heart failure, a condition
characterized by peripheral skeletal muscle abnormalities and muscle wasting. Several …