Evidence of resistance training-induced neural adaptation in older adults

The deleterious effects of aging on force production are observable from the age 40 upwards, depending measure. Neural mechanisms contributing to maximum and rate development have been suggested as descending drive supraspinal centers, spinal motoneuron excitability, corticospinal inhibition drive; all which influence motor unit recruitment and/or firing rate. Resistance-trained Master athletes offer a good source information regarding inevitable despite countermeasure systematic resistance-training. However, most evidence neural adaptation is derived longitudinal intervention studies in previously untrained (i.e. resistance-training naïve) older adults. There for effect end-point activation, i.e. behavior, but little no data generation e.g. transcranial magnetic stimulation or cortical imaging This, along with tracking master over several years, would provide valuable could be focus future research.