Blood parameters
BLOOD
The participants were instructed to refrain from intense physical activity and fast from 22:00 h on the day before blood sample collection. On the day of blood sampling, each participant ate 200 g of steamed rice and rested for 1 h. Blood samples were collected before and after resistance exercise (8 exercises, 3 sets of 10 repetitions at 10 RM, as mentioned above) during the pre- and post-intervention periods. The collected blood was injected into a vacuum blood collection tube and centrifuged at 1,800 × 