Soy isoflavones and exercise to improve physical capacity

 Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

In the investigation of Soy isoflavones and exercise to improve physical capacity in postmenopausal women, posted in PubMed, researchers found that after 6 months of training, exercise produced 49% and 23% increases, respectively, in leg press and bench press 1RM (p ≤0.01). Leg relative strength and muscle quality increased by more than 50% (both p <0.01), while muscle mass index increased by 7% (p <0.05) in both exercise groups only. Conclusion Exercise training can improve muscle tissue strength, function and quality in sedentary postmenopausal women. Isoflavones, irrespective of exercise, did not produce changes in these variables. From a clinical perspective, these results suggest that overweight women could reduce the risks of mobility impairments, even in the absence of weight loss, by following a sound exercise intervention that includes both resistance and aerobic training at a high intensity.

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