KNES 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Bone Density, Lemmer, Osteoporosis
31 May 2016
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Per session are associated with higher dropout rates. Although greater frequencies of training and additional sets or combinations of sets and repetitions may elicit larger strength gains, the magnitude of the difference is usually small . 2 days per week intensity depends on patient history and should progress slowly. Messier and dill (1985: showed time to complete 3 sets was 50 minutes compared to 20 minutes for 1 set. Single set programs are recommended for the following reasons: similarities in strength gains, less-time consuming, more cost-efficient, improve program compliance. Low cv fitness is a strong and independent predictor of cv disease. 22% in 70-79 year old men and women after 6 months of aerobic training (hagberg et al 1989) Changes in vo2 max in response to strength training have not been proven to be as great as aerobic exercise. 5% increase in vo2 max after 12 weeks of st in 60-72 year old men (frontera et al.
