2. Materials and Methods
MAY, RECRUITMENT
This randomized clinical trial is described in accordance with the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). The inclusion criteria established to participate in the study were being a woman between 50 and 70 years of age, presenting a score ≤9.11 on the Modified Baecke Questionnaire for Older AdultsAll participants signed the informed consent form approved by the ethics and research committee of the School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto at the University of Sao Paulo (protocol: 79582817.0.0000.5656). The signed document followed the Helsinki declaration principles. This study was also registered in the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (code RBR-3g38dx full date of first registration 15 May 2018). Participants were recruited through dissemination in local media and partner social networks. In the power analysis, 32 participants per group would be needed to detect a difference between means of 3.4 kg and 21.3 kg for the primary outcomes (dynamic maximum load tests—bench press and leg press, respectively), with the alpha error probability set at 0.05 and power adjusted to 0.8. At the end of recruitment, a researcher blindly divided the participants into two groups: MT and CT (