The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of endurance (ET), resistance (RT) and concurrent training (CT) on plasma levels of visfatin, insulin, glucose and insulin resistance of non-athlete men with Obesity. It was a semi-experimental study. Thirty six men [age: 21.48 (0.25), and BF%: 27.39 (0.52)], voluntarily participated in this study after public announcement in univer...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the influence of regular endurance training on the glycemic index (GI) of a breakfast cereal in women as previous results from men indicate that endurance training may influence the GI. METHODS Subjects were 17 sedentary (SE) and 19 endurance trained (ET) healthy, young, adult women of normal body mass index. All subjects performed two tests with the referenc...

Studies over the last 5–10 yrs have clearly demonstrated the benefits of rehabilitation programmes on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients9 exercise capacity, quality of life, and utilisa-tion of healthcare resources. Despite these achievements , several unanswered questions need to be addressed to further improve the outcome of rehabilitation in COPD. The effects of exercise t...

introduction: endurance training has significant effects on the renewal of heart tissue, including myosin heavy chain (mhc) proteins. on the other side, purine-rich element-binding protein β (purb) decreases the &alphamhc; gene expression. the aim of this study was to determine the impact of exercise endurance training on purb gene expression in the heart of wistar rats. methods: fourteen rats ...

COMMENT Following the recent publication of our paper, “A genetic-based algorithm for personalized resistance training” [1], we read with interest the recent Letter from Karanikolou et al. [2] discussing the proposed limitations within our study. First, to clarify a point; the Authors of the Letter say: “Based on this derived power/endurance score, subjects were assigned to either an endurance ...

PURPOSE Training for improvement of oxidative capacity of muscle fibers may be attenuated when concurrently training for peak power. However, because of fiber type-specific recruitment, such attenuation may only account for high-oxidative muscle fibers. Here, we investigate the effects of concurrent training on oxidative capacity (as measured by succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activity) by using ...

Background: Greater aerobic fitness is associated with improved cardiovascular health. Traditionally high volume (long duration and low intensity) endurance training (ET) has been used to increase aerobic fitness. Sprint interval training (SIT) is a low volume and high intensity form of interval training. Energy for SIT is produced via both the aerobic and anaerobic metabolic pathways. SIT is t...

fasting induces short-term physiological adaptations which spare the body's remaining carbohydrate stores and mobilize lipid stores to provide a substitute fuel for many tissues and organs, especially skeletal muscle. rodent studies show that regular occurrence of fasting then refeeding, stimulates adaptations in muscle which make the animal better placed to withstand a further period of fastin...