Mechanisms of mechanical overload-induced skeletal muscle hypertrophy: current understanding and future directions

MD Roberts, JJ McCarthy… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Mechanisms underlying mechanical overload-induced skeletal muscle hypertrophy have
been extensively researched since the landmark report by Morpurgo (1897) of “work …

The specificities of elite female athletes: a multidisciplinary approach

C Castanier, V Bougault, C Teulier, C Jaffré… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Female athletes have garnered considerable attention in the last few years as more and
more women participate in sports events. However, despite the well-known repercussions of …

The therapeutic intervention of sex steroid hormones for sarcopenia

LT Huang, JH Wang - Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sarcopenia, characterized by the excessive loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and
function, is associated with the overall poor muscle performance status of the elderly, and …

[HTML][HTML] Menstrual cycle-based undulating periodized program effects on body composition and strength in trained women: a pilot study

S Vargas-Molina, JL Petro, R Romance, DA Bonilla… - Science & Sports, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate changes in body composition and strength after menstrual cycle-
based or traditional undulating resistance training (RT) programs in women. Equipment and …

Effects of oral contraceptive use on muscle strength, muscle thickness, and fiber size and composition in young women undergoing 12 weeks of strength training: a …

ES Sung, A Han, T Hinrichs, M Vorgerd, P Platen - BMC Women's Health, 2022 - Springer
Background It is suspected that hormonal fluctuations during menstruation may cause
different responses to strength training in women who use oral contraceptives (OC) versus …

Molecular markers of skeletal muscle hypertrophy following 10 wk of resistance training in oral contraceptive users and nonusers

M Oxfeldt, LB Dalgaard… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
The objective was to determine whether skeletal muscle molecular markers and SC number
were influenced differently in users and nonusers of oral contraceptives (OCs) following 10 …

Hip thrust and back squat training elicit similar gluteus muscle hypertrophy and transfer similarly to the deadlift

DL Plotkin, MA Rodas, AD Vigotsky… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
We examined how set-volume equated resistance training using either the back squat (SQ)
or hip thrust (HT) affected hypertrophy and various strength outcomes. Untrained college …

The effect of the ketogenic diet on resistance training load management: a repeated-measures clinical trial in trained participants

S Vargas-Molina, M García-Sillero… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background The effect of low-carbohydrate high-fat dietary manipulation, such as the
ketogenic diet (KD), on muscle strength assessment in resistance-training (RT) participants …

'There's a perfect way to do things, and there's a real way to do things': Attitudes, beliefs and practices of strength and conditioning coaches in elite international …

D Nolan, P Horgan, A MacNamara… - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Optimal physical performance is a product of specific and tailored training. There are well-
established sex differences in anatomical, physiological, and performance factors between …

Efficacy of progressive versus severe energy restriction on body composition and strength in concurrent trained women

S Vargas-Molina, DA Bonilla, JL Petro… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose This study evaluated the concurrent training (CT) effect in combination with either
progressive energy restriction (PER) or severe energy restriction (SER) on body composition …