title: Effects of acute resistance exercise on late-middle-age adults' goal planning.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We investigated the effects of an acute bout of resistance exercise on the planning component of executive function in late-middle-age adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  With a within-subjects design, 30 community-dwelling adults (mean age = 57.20 ± 2.93 yr, 16 females) experienced both resistance exercise and control treatment conditions. The exercise condition involved two sets of 10 repetitions of 70% of 10-repetition maximum of seven exercises, whereas the control condition consisted of reading. Planning was assessed before and immediately after each treatment via the Tower of London task.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acute resistance exercise facilitated Tower of London performances in terms of less total move scores, more total correct scores, and a longer total initial time compared with control and baseline.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results expand the existing literature by demonstrating that resistance exercise has a positive effect on cognition and contributes to improved quality of planning, working memory, and inhibition aspects of executive function.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Athletics and Coaching Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, Republic of China. yukaichangnew@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yu-Kai
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Po-Wen
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: Phillip D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Tomporowski
authors.forename: Feng-Tzu
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chi-Chang
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055070:Resistance Training; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires