Background: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of eight weeks of resistance training\r\n(RT) on anthropometric, cardiovascular and biochemical risk factors of metabolic syndrome (MetS), and\r\nneuromuscular variables on overweight/obese women.\r\nMethods: Fourteen middle-aged (33.9 Ã?± 8.6 years) overweight/obese women (body mass index - BMI 29.6 Ã?± 4.1 kg/m2)\r\nunderwent 24 sessions (3 times/week) of a whole body RT program with 3 sets of 8ââ?¬â??12 repetitions maximum (RM). The\r\nfollowing variables were evaluated: maximum strength on chest press and frontal lat pull-down; isometric hand-grip\r\nstrength; biceps brachii (BB) and rectus femoris (RF) muscle thickness, body mass; BMI; body adiposity index (BAI); waist,\r\nhip and neck circumferences; visceral fat volume; blood glucose; glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c); insulin; HDL-C and\r\ntriglycerides.\r\nResults: There was an increase of chest press (from 52.9 Ã?± 9.7 to 59.8 Ã?± 7.7 kg; P = 0.02) and front lat pull-down\r\n(from 51.5 Ã?± 7.5 to 57.6 Ã?± 9.2 kg; P = 0.01) muscle strength, isometric handgrip (P = 0.02) and RF muscle thickness\r\n(from 42.2 Ã?± 8.5 to 45.1 Ã?± 7.3 mm; P = 0.02) after the 8 week RT program. There were no statistically significant\r\nalterations on plasma glucose, HbA1c, insulin, triglycerides, HDL-C, anthropometric indexes and BB muscle thickness\r\n(p > 0.05).\r\nConclusions: A RT program without caloric restriction promotes an increase on muscle thickness and strength, with\r\nno effects on risk factors of MetS in overweight/obese women.
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