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Resistance training is medicine: effects of strength training on health by Westcott, Wayne L

“…Inactive adults experience a 3% to 8% loss of muscle mass per decade, accompanied by resting metabolic rate reduction and fat accumulation. Ten weeks of…”
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Correlates of Upper and Lower Body Muscular Strength in Children by Milliken, Laura A, Faigenbaum, Avery D, Loud, Rita LaRosa, Westcott, Wayne L

“…Milliken, LA, Faigenbaum, AD, Loud, RL, and Westcott, W. Correlates of upper and lower body muscular strength in children. J Strength Cond Res 221339-1346,…”
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A minimal dose approach to resistance training for the older adult; the prophylactic for aging by Fisher, James P., Steele, James, Gentil, Paulo, Giessing, Jürgen, Westcott, Wayne L.

“…A plethora of research has supported the numerous health benefits of resistance training as we age, including positive relationships between muscular strength,…”
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The Effects of Different Resistance Training Protocols on Muscular Strength and Endurance Development in Children by Faigenbaum, Avery D, Westcott, Wayne L, Loud, Rita LaRosa, Long, Cindy

“…Previous research has shown that children can increase their muscular strength and muscular endurance as a result of regular participation in a progressive…”
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The effects of adding high-intensity of effort resistance training to routine care in persons with type II diabetes: An exploratory randomized parallel-group time-series study by Giessing, Jürgen, Eichmann, Björn, Kemmler, Wolfgang, Westcott, Wayne L., Winett, Richard, Busuttil, Kevin, Steele, James, Fisher, James P.

“…•Routine care showed physiological improvements in persons diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.•Without additional intervention, the physiological improvements…”
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Neither repetition duration nor number of muscle actions affect strength increases, body composition, muscle size, or fasted blood glucose in trained males and females by Carlson, Luke, Jonker, Brandon, Westcott, Wayne L, Steele, James, Fisher, James P

“…A key variable within resistance training (RT) is that of repetition duration: the time (seconds) taken to perform the concentric and eccentric muscle actions…”
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Comparison of 1 and 2 Days per Week of Strength Training in Children by Faigenbaum, Avery D., Milliken, Laurie A., Loud, Rita LaRosa, Burak, Bernadette T., Doherty, Christina L., Westcott, Wayne L.

“…The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of 1 and 2 days per week of strength training on upper body strength, lower body strength, and motor…”
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STRENGTH TRAINING FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST by Westcott, Wayne L

“…LEARNING OBJECTIVES • To recognize that more than 65% of American adults are overweight or obese and more than 95% of American adults perform too little…”
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BUILD MUSCLE, IMPROVE HEALTH: BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE EXERCISE by Westcott, Wayne L

“…LEARNING OBJECTIVES…”
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Maximal Strength Testing in Healthy Children by Faigenbaum, Avery D, Milliken, Laurie A, Westcott, Wayne L

“…Evaluated the safety and efficacy of 1 repetition maximum (1RM) strength testing in healthy children age 6-12 years. Data were collected on 96 children who…”
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Prescribing physical activity: applying the ACSM protocols for exercise type, intensity, and duration across 3 training frequencies by Westcott, Wayne L, Winett, Richard A, Annesi, James J, Wojcik, Janet R, Anderson, Eileen S, Madden, Patrick J

“…When physicians advise patients to attain more physical activity, they usually recommend a walking program. However, in a similar way to no exercise, those…”
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Effects of a 12-Week Physical Activity Protocol Delivered by YMCA After-School Counselors (Youth Fit For Life) on Fitness and Self-Efficacy Changes in 5-12-Year-Old Boys and Girls by Annesi, James J., Westcott, Wayne L., Faigenbaum, Avery D., Unruh, Jennifer L.

“…To address reduced physical education (PE) in elementary schools, a 12-week physical activity protocol was tested on 5-12-year-old, primarily African American,…”
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Nutrition programs enhance exercise effects on body composition and resting blood pressure by Westcott, Wayne L, Apovian, Caroline M, Puhala, Kimberly, Corina, Laura, Larosa Loud, Rita, Whitehead, Scott, Blum, Kenneth, DiNubile, Nicholas

“…The purpose of our study was to examine the effects of exercise alone and exercise combined with specific nutrition programs on body composition and resting…”
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Relations of Transtheoretical Model Stage, Self-Efficacy, and Voluntary Physical Activity in African American Preadolescents by Annesi, James J., Faigenbaum, Avery D., Westcott, Wayne L.

“…The transtheoretical model (TTM; Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992) suggests that, at any point, an individual is in one of five stages-of-change related…”
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Physical Fitness Programming for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: Paraplegia and Tetraplegia by Rosa, Sheryl A, Westcott, Wayne L

“…MORE THAN 1 MILLION AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH PARALYSIS CAUSED BY SPINAL CORD INJURY (SCI). REGULAR EXERCISE CONTRIBUTES TO STAYING WELL AND MAINTAINING…”
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Effects of the Youth Fit for Life Protocol on Physiological, Psychological, and Behavioral Factors at YMCA Calgary After-School Care Sites by Annesi, James J., Tennant, Gisèle, Westcott, Wayne L., Faigenbaum, Avery D., Smith, Alice E.

“…Youth inactivity and inappropriately high weight is a problem in the United States, Canada, and much of the industrialized world. Physiological and behavioral…”
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Effects of Different Resistance Training Protocols on Upper-Body Strength and Endurance Development in Children by Faigenbaum, Avery D, Loud, Rita LaRosa, O'Connell, Jill, Glover, Scott, O'Connell, Jason, Westcott, Wayne L

“…Examined the effects of four resistance training protocols on upper body strength and muscular endurance development in children. Untrained children trained…”
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Relations of Physical Self-Concept and Muscular Strength with Resistance Exercise-Induced Feeling State Scores in Older Women by Annesi, James J., Westcott, Wayne L.

“…Formerly sedentary older women (M age = 62 yr.) were recruited for either a wait-list control group (n = 40) or a 10-.wk., 3 days/wk. weight-training treatment…”
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Effects of the Youth Fit For Life protocol on physiological, mood, self-appraisal, and voluntary physical activity changes in African American preadolescents: Contrasting after-school care and physical education formats by James J. Annesi, Avery D. Faigenbaum, Wayne L. Westcott, Alice E. Smith, Jennifer L. Unruh, Franklin G. Hamilton

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Relations of self-appraisal and mood changes with voluntary physical activity changes in african american preadolescents in an after-school care intervention by Annesi, James J, Faigenbaum, Avery D, Westcott, Wayne L, Smith, Alice E

“…There is an increasing prevalence of overweight in preadolescents that predicts physical problems over the lifespan. Physical inactivity has been implicated as…”
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