Mr. Bailey, a 58-year-old man, wants to add muscle mass to his frame since he has noticed he is not as strong as he used to be. Discuss the type of physical training you have determined will help him add strength to his muscles. How will your choice help
him achieve his goal? What muscle changes do you think he will experience as he begins your training?
What will be an ideal response?
Resistance training, or strength training, will help Mr. Bailey add strength to his muscles. Resistance training increases the number of myofibrils, therefore increasing the diameter of the muscle fibers. Thus, his muscles can hypertrophy with this type of exercise. To achieve his goal, Mr. Bailey should use free weights or a resistance-exercise machine. However, a trade-off of muscle hypertrophy is the loss of endurance that comes with the proportionally fewer mitochondria and blood vessels in the muscle tissue compared to the results of endurance training. If he chooses resistance training alone, he may experience a decreased capacity for endurance.
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