Health condition is not studied.
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Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Students in Woldia University Participants were healthy and sedentary Non-smoking Aged 19-24 years, lived in campus dormitories, ate the same amount and types of food that the University’s cafeteria has served male students non-fasting students.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: participating in structured weight training within the last 12 months taking performance-enhancing supplements similar to creatine and whey protein within the previous 6 weeks before the intervention started and anabolic steroid use and using of any central nervous system stimulants the presence of musculoskeletal injuries or pain in different parts of the body pre-existing of cardiovascular, kidney, liver and other diseases.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Muscular strength and muscle hypertrophy. Timepoint: Before intervention and after 8 week intervention. Method of measurement: The golden standard method of dynamic strength testing is the 1-RM test, which can be performed by using both free weights and machines, ACSM (2013). In this study, the 1-RM value was measured indirectly through the 5-RM test because participants with no experience of weight lifting and any other exercise are likely to be injured if they perform the 1-RM test. The tests were performed before and after 8 weeks of resistance training using bench press (upper body) and barbell back squat (lower body). The 1-RM value was predicted by inputting the amount of weight lifted and the maximum number of repetitions into the RM estimation formula, Brzycki M, (1993): 1- RM = lifted Weight ÷ (1.0278-(0.0278 × Number of repetitions) (Distasio, T. 2014). and The study used a muscle circumference test on the thigh muscle to measure the participant's muscle hypertrophy or size (Fang, C. Y., et al., 2023). The reliability of the test according to the inter-correlation coefficient, for left and right thigh ICC= 0.99, ICC= 0.99, respectively (Fang, C. Y., et al., 2023). | — |
Countries
Ethiopia
Contacts
DMU