Strength Training Effects on Musculoskeletal Health

Strength Training Effects on Musculoskeletal Health, Melatonin, Rest-activity Rhythms and Quality of Life: Muscle:Time Study

The objective here is to assess the efficacy of variable resistance muscle training on bone, sleep parameters and quality of life in healthy populations of men and women age 30 or older.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 30 years or older (males or females)
• Baseline strength (e.g., can lift an office chair with no problems)
• Be willing to participate in a 6-month RCT
• Be willing to conduct daily muscle training exercises
• Be willing to maintain a food diary
• Be willing to consume ~2.2g/kg body weight daily
• Be willing to submit specimens and conduct tests 3 times over 6 months (0, 3 and 6 months)

Exclusion Criteria:

• those who consume vegan or vegetarian diets
• people with conditions like hypertension and uncontrolled non-medicated blood pressure; cardiovascular disease/heart failure (e.g., arrhythmias, unstable angina, congestive heart failure)
• COPD
• drugs that may increase fall risk or make dizzy (e.g., antidepressants, anti-seizure drugs)
• muscle disease (e.g., myasthenia gravis, myopathy, myositis)
• active hernia
• pregnancy
• muscle atrophy (e.g., Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), ALS)
• neuro degenerative disease
• limited mobility
• those who consume proteins supplements.
• Individuals who have implanted pacemakers or defibrillators
• People who suffer from: Marfan syndrome, migraine, hyperparathyroidism, metastatic bone disease, multiple myeloma
• chronic steroid use
• individuals with restrictions to movement and exercise