2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The effects of submaximal muscle resistance training using subjective effort

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21500586
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sports science
Research Institution	University of Toyama
Principal Investigator	ONODERA Koichi 富山大学, 大学院・医学薬学研究部(医学), 教授 (30115159)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	トレーニング科学
Research Abstract	Muscular strength is best developed by using heavy weight with few repetitions. This training do not allow for lesser fit participants and an elderly population in view of preventing injury. Although light weight resistance training can provide enough overload to produce improvement in strength in these people, the degree of effects has not been fully investigated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of submaximal muscle resistance training using subjective effort to regulate intensity on muscle strength improvement. The results obtained in this study indicate that subjective effort as an indicator of resistance training intensity is effective method for muscle improvement and submaximal effort can induce adequate strength improvement in muscle training.