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Effect of Low-load Resistance Training vs. High-intensity Interval Training on Local Muscle Endurance
Led by University of British Columbia · Updated on 2025-03-30
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
83 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Local muscle endurance (LME) is the ability of a muscle(s) to resist fatigue and is needed for daily activities of life such as climbing stairs, lifting/moving objects, and in sport contexts like rock climbing, mixed martial arts, cross-fit, kayaking and canoeing. Therefore, the investigators want learn how to improve LME and understand what in human bodies changes during exercise training to cause these changes. The investigators know that lifting weights improves muscle strength which is believed to improve LME. Specifically lifting less heavy weights (LLRET) for more repetitions leads to greater gains in LME opposed to heavier weights for fewer repetitions. Therefore, lifting less heavy weights likely causes greater changes in our muscles than lifting heavier weights that cause improvements in LME. Aerobic exercise preformed at high intensities in an interval format (HIIT) may also help improve LME by increasing our muscle's ability to produce energy during exercise. Therefore, the investigators want to see which of LLRET or HIIT leads to greater improvements in LME.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effect of Low-load Resistance Training vs. High-intensity Interval Training on Local Muscle Endurance
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Able to understand and communicate in English
- Age between 19 and 30 years
- All "No" answers on the CSEP Get Active questionnaire or have doctor's approval to participate
- Untrained participants with no structured resistance or endurance training over the past 12 months (less than or equal to 2 hours per week)
You will not qualify if you...
- Body mass index (BMI) lower than 18 or greater than 30
- Current use of cigarettes or other nicotine devices
- Any major uncontrolled cardiovascular, muscular, metabolic, or neurological disorders
- Any medical condition affecting ability to perform maximal exercise
- Diagnosis of type one or type two diabetes
- Cancer diagnosis or cancer treatment within the past 12 months
- Taking blood-thinning medication or having a bleeding disorder
- Use of drugs that alter skeletal muscle metabolism such as Metformin or Benzodiazepines
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Univeristy if British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z3
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Research Team
L
Lucas A Wiens, BSc
CONTACT
C
Cameron J Mitchell, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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