Table 1 Summary of resistance training studies in young subjects

Hickson et al. [26]

M

23

Healthy active

RT

10 weeks

80 % 1RM

KE

50

1.00

–

–

T

47.8

NS (2)

0.04

5 reps

5 days/week

3 sets (F and M)

1RM

Hickson [25]

M

22

Physically active

RT

10 weeks

80 % 1RM

SQ

44

0.88

–

–

T

46.7

NS (1)

0.03

5 reps

F

5 days/week

3–5 sets (F and M)

1RM

Stone et al. [47]

M

College

Healthy sedentary

RT

8 weeks

5–10RM

–

–

–

LBM

4

E

39.5

6

0.13

Age

6 days/week

3–5 sets (F and M)

Rutherford et al. [41]

M

28

Physically active

KE

12 weeks

80 % 1RM

KE

20

0.56

–

–

E

2.91^a

NS (−2)

−0.06

6 reps

3 days/week

4 sets (M)

IsoM

Nelson et al. [37]

M

27

Healthy untrained

RT

20 weeks

6 maximal-effort reps, 3 sets

KE

45

0.56

fCSA

15

T

55.3

NS (1)

0.01

4 days/week

Cybex II

IsoK

Craig et al. [13]

M

23.5

University student

RT

10 weeks

75 % 1RM

LP

6

0.20

LBM

4

T

46.1

NS (1)

0.03

8–10 reps

3 days/week

3 sets (M)

1RM

Marcinik et al. [34]

M

29

Healthy untrained

RT

12 weeks

8–20RM

KE

30

0.83

–

–

T

44.7

NS (0)

0.01

3 days/week

3 sets (M)

1RM

McCarthy et al. [35]

M

27.9

Untrained

RT

10 weeks

6RM

KE

12

0.40

FFM

3

E

39.3

9

0.31

3 days/week

3 sets (F and M)

IsoM

Dolezal et al. [15]

M

20.1

Physically active

RT

10 weeks

4–12RM

SQ

23

0.77

FFM

4

T

50.4

NS (0)

0.01

3 days/week

3 sets (F and M)

1RM

Bell et al. [7]

M

22.3

Physically active

RT

12 weeks

72–84 % 1RM

KE

32

0.89

fCSA, I

27

E

4.35^a

NS (−1)

−0.04

4–12 reps

3 days/week

2–6 sets (F and M)

1RM

fCSA, II

28

F

58

1.61

2.84^a

NS (−6)

−0.17

Campos et al. [10]

M

21.1

Healthy untrained

Low

8 weeks

3–5RM

LP

61

3.00

fCSA

23

E

50.3

NS (−4)

−0.18

Rep

2–3 days/week

4 sets (NR)

1RM

IIa

20.7

Int

9–11RM

36

1.80

16

48.1

NS (−5)

−0.25

Rep

3 sets (NR)

20.4

High

20–28RM

32

1.60

NS (8)

51.0

NS (3)

0.15

Rep

2 sets (NR)

Glowacki et al. [20]

M

23

Untrained

RT

12 weeks

75–85 % 1RM

KE

10

0.33

LBM

4

T

44.9

NS (0)

0.01

6–10 reps

2–3 days/week

3 sets (F and M)

IsoK

Loveless et al. [32]

M

25

Healthy untrained

SQ

8 weeks

85 % 1RM

SQ

97

4.04

LLM

5

E

46.7

NS (0)

0.00

5 reps

3 days/week

4 sets (M)

1RM

Minahan et al. [36]

M

23

Healthy untrained

SQ

8 weeks

85 % 1RM

SQ

90

3.75

–

–

E

46.9

NS (−1)

−0.05

5 reps

3 days/week

4 sets (M)

1RM

Shaw et al. [45]

M

25

Healthy sedentary

RT

16 weeks

60 % 1RM

LP

65

1.35

–

–

E

35.7

13

0.27

15 reps

3 days/week

3 sets (F and M)

1RM

Hu et al. [28]

M

32.2

Physically inactive

RT

10 weeks

40–90 % 1RM (F and M)

SQ

28

1.22

LBM

1

E

35.9

NS (8)

0.34

2–3 days/week

1RM

Cesar Mde et al. [11]

F

21

Healthy untrained

RT

12 weeks

15RM

KE

27

0.75

–

–

T

2.02^a

NS (5)

0.12

3 days/week

3 sets (M)

1RM