The Effects of 6 Months of Progressive High Effort Resistance Training Methods upon Strength, Body Composition, Function, and Wellbeing of Elderly Adults
Table 1
Strength and body composition preintervention, postintervention, and follow-up descriptive data (mean ± SD) and intervention and follow-up period change (Δ).
Measure
Preintervention (mean ± SD)
Postintervention (mean ± SD)
Follow-up (mean ± SD)
Intervention period change (Δ)
Follow-up period change (Δ)
95% CIs
ES
95% CIs
ES
Strength
Leg press 1RM (kg)
92.03 ± 31.95
126.29 to 175.35
2.66
−173.64 to −72.13
−1.04
Chest press 1RM (kg)
33.85 ± 12.83
30.42 to 43.09
2.51
−50.68 to −17.10
−0.90
Seated row 1RM (kg)
40.76 ± 14.33
33.75 to 48.72
2.38
−50.91 to −15.43
−0.81
Body composition
Body mass (kg)
79.19 ± 16.84
77.54 ± 16.44
78.43 ± 16.41
−2.59 to −0.71
−0.76
0.16 to 1.63
0.52
BMI (kg⋅m2)
27.04 ± 3.80
26.49 ± 3.72
26.73 ± 3.71
−0.87 to −0.25
−0.79
−0.01 to 0.51
0.42
Fat mass (kg)
22.06 ± 6.80
−3.16 to −1.47
−1.19
1.11 to 2.57
1.09
Fat percent (%)
27.90 ± 6.43
−3.30 to −1.47
−1.13
1.07 to 2.58
1.04
Muscle mass (kg)
54.27 ± 12.77
54.94 ± 12.72
54.27 ± 12.77
−0.14 to 1.48
0.36
1.37 to 0.02
−0.42
Muscle percent (%)
68.47 ± 6.13
1.45 to 3.20
1.15
−2.53 to −1.02
−1.02
Note: a indicates significant difference with post hoc pairwise comparison of pre- compared with postintervention/follow-up period; b indicates significant difference with post hoc pairwise comparison of postintervention compared with follow-up period.
