Since the moment we were born until the time we turn almost 30 years old, our muscles expand and tend to get stronger and larger. At some unspecified time in the future, after that age we begin to lose function and mass of the muscles . The main cause of this effect is sarcopenia related with the aging prosses. People that are physically inactive, meaning they don’t exercise almost at all can lose up to a percentage of 3% - 5% of muscle mass nearly every 10 years. Even if you are active, you’ll still have some muscle loss. …show more content…
Test before the start of a program and at regular intervals to see their improvements. This will also help keep them motivated. There are numerous reasons to test an individuals fitness levels such as, to show a starting level of fitness, to motivate or set goals, to vary an existing training program, to monitor improvement, compare to national averages, identify strengths or weaknesses and to re-evaluate needs in training
In order to conduct the test, we took 18 healthy elderly male volunteers range 60-85 and by word of mouth from the local community. All of the participants were recreationally active, undertaking some form of physical activity, 1-2 times/week. None of the participants were undertaking regular resistance exercises. The test which was conducted was dividing them into groups giving them resistance training plans and different amount of