This study examined testosterone, cortisol and growth hormone responses in elderly and young men after a strength endurance protocol. Eight elderly (age: 69 +/- 5 yrs) and nine young (age: 23 +/- 1 yrs) males with recreational experience in resistance training performed a strength endurance protocol, which included six exercises. At each exercise, the subjects performed 3 sets of 15 reps at 60 % of 1-RM with a 90 s rest interval between sets. The subjects also participated in a control session. Hormonal and blood lactate concentrations were measured before exercise, immediately after exercise and 15 min after the end of exercise. Blood lactate increased (p<0.05) with resistance exercise in both age groups with the highest increases observed in the young males. Testosterone and cortisol concentrations were higher (p<0.05) immediately and 15 min after exercise as compared to the respective control session values in both young and elderly subjects, whereas no differences were observed between groups (p>0.05). Growth hormone concentration increased (p<0.05) after resistance exercise compared to the control session in both age groups. This increase was higher (p<0.05) in the young as compared to the elderly group. The above results show that a moderate intensity - high repetition resistance exercise protocol for the improvement of strength endurance, seems to be a sufficient stimulus that increases testosterone, growth hormone and cortisol concentrations in elderly males. These hormonal responses may create an optimal metabolic environment, which improves muscular function after a strength endurance program although the elderly subjects present an attenuated growth hormone response compared to younger ones.
AbsTrAcTthe main purpose of this study was to establish whether 10 weeks of high-intensity interval Multiball (hIMt) ) were assigned to a hIMt or Ct groups (n=10 each) and performed three training Multiball or Continuous training sessions per week over a 10-week period, respectively. training time commitment over 10 weeks consisted of three groups of exercises, where each included five sets of high intensity 30sec (80 balls/min) Multiball exercises for hIMt and approximately 20 min. for Ct. high-intensity training seems to improve the maximal O 2 uptake (mean change: 1.82 ml/min/kg, std 2.64), and the concentration of Blood lactate (1.98 mmol /l). these values, although not statistically significant, show improved cardiopulmonary capacity after implementation of the intervention protocols in relation to the intensity of exercises. It seems that 10 weeks of Multiball table tennis training may result in changes in the cardiorespiratory capacity of adolescent table tennis.
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