Synergistic Relationship Between Muscle Thickness, Muscular Strength, and Functional Fitness After Resistance Training in Older Women.

Stavinski, N, Cavazzotto, TG, Carneiro, MAS, Kunevaliki, G, Francsuel, J, Costa, B, Kassiano, W, Tricoli, I, Castro-E-Souza, P, Prado, A, Cyrino, LT, Rodrigues, RJ, Silva, DRP, Cavaglieri, CR, Silva, AM, Sardinha, LB, and Cyrino, ES. Synergistic relationship between muscle thickness, muscular strength, and functional fitness after resistance training in older women. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2025-This study examined the synergistic relationship between changes in muscle thickness (MT) and muscular strength and functional fitness after a resistance training (RT) program in older women.

Associations between the timing of device-measured physical activity and health-related physical fitness in children and adolescents.

Objectives: Investigate the associations between the timing of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and health-related physical fitness in children and adolescents.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: This is a secondary analysis of data from a surveillance of Portuguese children and adolescents' physical fitness and physical activity.

Is There a Minimum Protein Intake Associated With Resistance Training to Optimize Skeletal Muscle Mass Gains in Untrained Older Women?

Ribeiro, AS, Alencar da Silva, J, Kassiano, W, Stavinski, N, Martino, D, Antunes, M, Cyrino, LT, Sugihara Júnior, P, Fernandes, RR, Santos, AP, Rodrigues, RJ, Aguiar, AF, and Cyrino, ES. Is there a minimum protein intake associated with resistance training to optimize skeletal muscle mass gains in untrained older women? J Strength Cond Res 39(7): 730-735, 2025-This study explored the relationship between habitual total daily protein intake and its effects on skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and body fat mass in a group of healthy, physically independent older women participating in resistance training (RT). The data were retrospectively analyzed from 97 previously untrained older women (age: 68.

Resilience capacity in older women engaged in resistance training: physiological and functional adaptations to training interruption imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic followed by retraining.

Two years of training interruption imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic impair physiological and functional outcomes in older women engaged in resistance training. Retraining led to resilience capacity only in muscular strength gains.

Distinct muscle growth and strength adaptations after preacher and incline biceps curls.

We compared performing preacher and incline biceps curls on changes in elbow flexor muscle size and strength. This was a between-group repeated measure randomized trial. Sixty-three young women performed the preacher biceps curl (=30) or the incline biceps curl (=33) for 8 weeks, twice a week.

Effects of static stretching and specific warm-up on the repetition performance in upper- and lower-limb exercises in resistance-trained older women.

Introduction: Preparation methods are often used to improve performance (e.g., number of repetitions) within the resistance training session.

Bigger Calves from Doing Higher Resistance Training Volume?

We compared the effects of different weekly calf training sets on muscle size changes. Sixty-one untrained young women performed a calf training program for 6 weeks, 3 d·wk, with differences in resistance training volume. The participants were randomly assigned to one of the three groups: 6-SET, 9-SET, and 12-SET weekly calf training sets.

Muscle Swelling of the Triceps Surae in Response to Straight-Leg and Bent-Leg Calf Raise Exercises in Young Women.

Kassiano, W, Costa, B, Kunevaliki, G, Soares, D, Stavinski, N, Francsuel, J, Carneiro, MAS, Tricoli, I, Nunes, JP, Ribeiro, AS, and Cyrino, ES. Muscle swelling of the triceps surae in response to straight-leg and bent-leg calf raise exercises in young women. J Strength Cond Res 37(7): e438-e443, 2023-Triceps surae muscle swelling in response to different resistance exercises remains to be determined.

Greater Gastrocnemius Muscle Hypertrophy After Partial Range of Motion Training Performed at Long Muscle Lengths.

Kassiano, W, Costa, B, Kunevaliki, G, Soares, D, Zacarias, G, Manske, I, Takaki, Y, Ruggiero, MF, Stavinski, N, Francsuel, J, Tricoli, I, Carneiro, MAS, and Cyrino, ES. Greater gastrocnemius muscle hypertrophy after partial range of motion training performed at long muscle lengths. J Strength Cond Res 37(9): 1746-1753, 2023-Whether there is an optimal range of motion (ROM) to induce muscle hypertrophy remains elusive, especially for gastrocnemius.

Weaker older women gain more lower body strength than their stronger counterparts, but not muscle mass, following 12 weeks of resistance training.

We compared the magnitude of strength and muscle mass changes in response to resistance training (RT) between stronger older women and their weaker counterparts. Older women ( = 207) were grouped into tertiles according to their baseline muscular strength index. The upper and lower tertiles participants were categorized as stronger (STR,  = 69) and weaker (WKR,  = 69), respectively.

Different types of physical exercise in brain activity of older adults: A systematic review.

Background: To verify the effects of different modalities of physical exercise on brain activity of older adults.

Methods: Systematic searches were conducted according to the PICOS strategy and the following databases were searched: PubMed, Web of Science, PsycInfo and Scielo. Two independent evaluators performed the initial selection from reading the title and abstract based on the stipulated eligibility criteria.

Effect of myofascial release on lower limb range of motion, sit and reach and horizontal jump distance in male university students.

Objective: Evaluate the effects of Myofascial release (MR) on lower limb ROM, sit and reach and horizontal jump distance in male university students.

Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Background: MR is a technique that aims to stretch fascia to increase range of motion (ROM), relieve pressure points and improve performance.