Discussion
muscle mass, RET, skeletal muscle adaptations
To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the effects of FOS compared to PL on skeletal muscle adaptations following a 10-week RET program in young adults, while using a membrane-centric hypothesis. We demonstrated that 3.85 g combined EPA and DHA daily for 10-weeks resulted in significantly greater RET-induced gains in absolute and relative 1RMIn young adults, changes in RET-induced muscular strength are often associated with changes in muscle mass [Although speculative, the baseline adjusted between-group LBM difference of 0.6 kg (+1.2%, Other alternate explanations for the FOS-mediated greater magnitudes of 1RM strength improvement despite similar LBM augmentations may be related to muscle quality and its associated factors such as muscle fiber type transition and neuromuscular function. Since relative strength in the bench press and back squat changed to a greater degree than absolute strength compared to PL, FOS most likely influenced mechanisms related to muscle quality. Although performed in elderly populations, many fish oil supplementation studies with concurrent RET have noted similar strength improvements without significant LBM changes [Much of the evidence to date on RET and FOS is in older adults and largely reports favorable results for LC n-3 PUFA supplementation [Although there are significant strengths to the present investigation, such as the inclusion of young females to further our understanding of the effect of FOS and RET across the general young adult population, blood LC n-3 PUFA status measurement, equivalent macronutrient intake, as well as similar volume loads and RET-induced strength changes compared to resistance trained subjects [