2.5. Training
After 1 week of the ACC/PL intervention (supplementation), all participants underwent the same training program, consisting of 3 non-adjacent days per week for 8 weeks. The training was administered and supervised by the same researcher (Y.O.), who is a certified fitness instructor. The participants’ initial back squat and bench press resistance during the first week was set at 50% of the individual 1-RM performed at the beginning of the study. Resistance for the other exercises was individually adjusted for each participant by the research personnel (see 