Analyzing and monitoring body composition and physical activity is an important topic when discussing the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle because of their influence on health status and physical performance. Sports practice and a healthy lifestyle result in optimal body composition, therefore positively contributing to improvements in health. On the contrary, a sedentary lifestyle is known to increase the risk of overweightness or obesity. Both conditions are associated with several acute and chronic diseases, spanning from metabolic to cardiovascular impairments. To possibly counteract the onset of such diseases and control body weight and composition, resistance training is known to have beneficial effects, improving the quality of life and preventing the onset of several pathologies. Particularly, both muscle function and body composition are key resistance training-induced outcomes that favorably affect the control of the body weight.
Contemporary researchers have contributed to the field of resistance training research in the development of new measurement methods and training strategies. The aim of this Research Topic is to highlight, on the basis of the evidence that the current literature provides, the role of resistance training for improving body composition, controlling overweighting and improving the quality of life in overweight people. Different forms of resistance training include using free weights, weight machines, resistance bands and your own body weight. For this reason, there is the need to investigate what are the most effective strategies and what are the adaptations in the short and long term. Studies involving specific populations are welcome, as well as reviews and meta-analyses that summarize the state of art of the current literature.
The Topic Editors are interested in studies with longitudinal and transversal experimental designs, as well as systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses. The purpose of this Research Topic is to add information on:
- Resistance training strategies adapted for overweight or obese people;
- Resistance training integrated with nutritional strategies aiming to improve the quality of life in overweight/obese subjects;
- Innovative methods to improve and/or assess body composition;
- Resistance training to counteract the effects of metabolic diseases.
Analyzing and monitoring body composition and physical activity is an important topic when discussing the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle because of their influence on health status and physical performance. Sports practice and a healthy lifestyle result in optimal body composition, therefore positively contributing to improvements in health. On the contrary, a sedentary lifestyle is known to increase the risk of overweightness or obesity. Both conditions are associated with several acute and chronic diseases, spanning from metabolic to cardiovascular impairments. To possibly counteract the onset of such diseases and control body weight and composition, resistance training is known to have beneficial effects, improving the quality of life and preventing the onset of several pathologies. Particularly, both muscle function and body composition are key resistance training-induced outcomes that favorably affect the control of the body weight.
Contemporary researchers have contributed to the field of resistance training research in the development of new measurement methods and training strategies. The aim of this Research Topic is to highlight, on the basis of the evidence that the current literature provides, the role of resistance training for improving body composition, controlling overweighting and improving the quality of life in overweight people. Different forms of resistance training include using free weights, weight machines, resistance bands and your own body weight. For this reason, there is the need to investigate what are the most effective strategies and what are the adaptations in the short and long term. Studies involving specific populations are welcome, as well as reviews and meta-analyses that summarize the state of art of the current literature.
The Topic Editors are interested in studies with longitudinal and transversal experimental designs, as well as systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses. The purpose of this Research Topic is to add information on:
- Resistance training strategies adapted for overweight or obese people;
- Resistance training integrated with nutritional strategies aiming to improve the quality of life in overweight/obese subjects;
- Innovative methods to improve and/or assess body composition;
- Resistance training to counteract the effects of metabolic diseases.