The effects of resistance training on metabolic health with weight regain.
To determine whether resistance training effectively maintains improvements in cardiometabolic syndrome risk factors during weight regain, 9 individuals lost 4% to 6% of their body weight during an 8- to 12-week diet- and aerobic exercise-induced weight loss phase followed by a controlled weight regain phase (8-12 weeks), during which they regained approximately 50% of the lost weight while participating in a supervised resistance training program. Following weight loss (6.0%+/-0.3%), body mass index, body fat percentage, waist circumference, all abdominal adipose tissue depots, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, insulin, and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) were significantly reduced, while quantitative insulin-sensitivity check index (QUICKI) and cardiorespiratory fitness (maximal oxygen consumption) significantly increased. During weight regain (48.3%+/-3.3% of lost weight), body fat percentage, waist circumference, and maximal oxygen consumption were maintained and muscular strength and lean body mass significantly increased. Abdominal adipose tissue depots, insulin, HOMA, and QUICKI did not significantly change after weight regain. Resistance training was effective in maintaining improvements in metabolic health during weight regain.
Warner
Shana O
SO
Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Linden
Melissa A
MA
Liu
Ying
Y
Harvey
Benjamin R
BR
Thyfault
John P
JP
Whaley-Connell
Adam T
AT
Chockalingam
Anand
A
Hinton
Pamela S
PS
Dellsperger
Kevin C
KC
Thomas
Tom R
TR
D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D055070:Resistance Training; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015430:Weight Gain; D015431:Weight Loss