The Relationship between Resistance Training Frequency and Muscle Quality in Adolescents

Marshall A. Naimo and Ja K. Gu
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Marshall A. Naimo: Military Performance Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA 01760, USA
Ja K. Gu: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 13, 1-12

Abstract: Previous research has established the role of resistance training (RT) on muscle function in adolescents, but a lack of evidence to optimize RT for enhancing muscle quality (MQ) exists. This study examined whether RT frequency is associated with MQ in a nationally representative adolescent cohort. A total of 605 adolescents (12–15 year) in NHANES were stratified based on RT frequency. MQ was calculated as combined handgrip strength divided by arm lean mass (via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry). Analysis of covariance was adjusted for sex, race/ethnicity, and arm fat percentage; p < 0.05 was considered significant. RT frequency was associated with MQ for 2–7 day/week but not 1 day/week. When no RT was compared to 1–2 and 3–7 day/week, associations were present for 3–7 day/week but not 1–2 day/week. When comparing no RT to 1–4 and 5–7 day/week, associations existed for 5–7 day/week but not 1–4 day/week. Next, no RT was compared to 1, 2–3, and 4–7 day/week; associations were found for 4–7 day/week, while 2–3 day/week had a borderline association ( p = 0.06); there were no associations for 1 day/week. Finally, no RT was compared to 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5–7 day/week; associations were present for all except 1 and 3 day/week. These prospective data suggest a minimum RT frequency of 2 day/week is associated with MQ in adolescents as indicated by the lack of differences in MQ between 1 day/week RT versus no RT.

Keywords: muscle composition; exercise prescription; minimum dose; adolescence; cohort study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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