2.1. Experimental Design
SECONDARY
This work is part of the “Active Aging Longitudinal Study”, a research project initiated in 2012 to investigate the effects of supervised, structured, and progressive RT programs on neuromuscular, morphological, physiological, metabolic, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes in older women. The sample in the present study consisted of the 2015 annual cohort of participants from this research project. A randomized controlled trial was carried out over 16 weeks, with 12 weeks dedicated to the RT program and four weeks to assessments. Anthropometric, muscular strength, body fat measurements, and venous blood collections for biochemical analysis were performed in weeks 1–2 and 15–16 pre- and post-intervention. The training groups performed a supervised progressive RT program between weeks 3–14. The control group did not perform any exercise during this period. This investigation is a secondary analysis of the previous work published [