The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of a short-term in-season plyometric training program on power, agility and knee extensor strength. Male soccer players from a third league team were assigned into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group, beside its regular soccer training sessions, performed a periodized plyometric training program for six weeks. T...

The purpose of the study was to determine if six weeks of plyometric training can improve an athlete's agility. Subjects were divided into two groups, a plyometric training and a control group. The plyometric training group performed in a six week plyometric training program and the control group did not perform any plyometric training techniques. All subjects participated in two agility tests:...

Introduction: Aging is associated with elevated levels of some proinflammatory factors and exercise is a non-invasive intervention to improve immune function among older adults .The aim of the study was to compare resistance training effects on interlukine-6 (IL-6) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels in older-aged women. Methods: The study was quasi-experimental and for...

Introduction: Heart secretes hormones such as natriuretic peptide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 12 weeks of resistance training on these hormones. Methods: Twenty four healthy men (Mean age ± SD: 24.9 ± 3.2 years) were randomly allocated to experimental and control groups. Subjects in the experimental group performed a 12-week resistance training program, 3 ses...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of anabolic steroid stanozolol along with eight weeks of resistance training on structural changes in male rats' liver tissue. for this purpose, 28 male adult wistar rats (age: 12 weeks old and 228.53±7.94 g body weight) were randomly assigned to four groups: group 1: control+placebo (n=7), group 2: resistance training+placebo (n=...

The present study is the first to examine whether moderately intense resistance training improves flexibility in an exclusively young, sedentary women population. Twenty-four, young, sedentary women were divided into 3 groups as follows: agonist/antagonist (AA) training group, alternated strength training (AST) group, or a control group (CG). Training occurred every other day for 8 weeks for a ...

The hallmark of the bodybuilding phenotype is extreme muscularity coupled together with an equally extreme absence of body fat. We institute resistance training to maximize the first goal, while inclusion of cardiovascular exercise is instituted to accomplish the latter. The combination of these training types (resistance and endurance) is known as concurrent training. Adding endurance exercise...