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Cardiometabolic Adaptations to Concurrent Training: Effect of Effort Configuration on Postmenopausal Women
Sponsor: Universidade da Coruña
Summary
The main objectives of this project are to assess the effects of a 20-week concurrent training program on neuromuscular adaptations, body composition, cardiometabolic health, quality of life, mood state, physical self-perception, and menopause-related symptoms in physically active postmenopausal women, and to compare the adaptations resulting from different combinations of endurance and resistance training programs with varying effort configurations. Additionally, this project aims to examine the longitudinal interaction and potential interference effects between endurance and resistance training effort configurations throughout the training program and to determine the optimal combination of effort configurations that maximizes health benefits in concurrent training programs for physically active postmenopausal women.
Official title: Cardiometabolic Adaptations to Resistance and Endurance Exercise: Effects of Effort Configuration in Concurrent Training for Postmenopausal Women
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
46 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2026-03
Completion Date
2028-12
Last Updated
2026-02-03
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Concurrent Training Program
All participants will follow a 20-week concurrent training program consisting of four supervised training sessions per week: two sessions of endurance training and two sessions of resistance training. Each resistance training session will include exercises targeting major muscle groups (leg press, bench press, prone leg curl, and lat pull-down). All exercises will be performed using the 12-repetition maximum load, completing a total of 36 repetitions per exercise. Inter-set rest periods will be arranged so that the total rest time per exercise is 6 minutes, maintaining a consistent work-to-rest ratio. Recovery between exercises will be 4 minutes. will consist of cycling exercises performed at prescribed intensities determined from incremental exercise testing. All sessions will have a total duration of thirty minutes. Work and recovery intervals will be arranged to maintain a consistent work-to-rest ratio across all participants.