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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2017 Jul 21;61:63–72. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2017.07.017

Table 1.

Overview of the dosage of exercise prescribed by intervention week for participants in the exercise or exercise and weight-loss arms of the WISER Survivor trial.

Week Supervision Weight training sessions per week Weight training sets/exercise Weight training time per session Aerobic sessions per week Aerobic time per session Total exercise time/week
1–3 One supervised, one unsupervised weight training session per week 2 2 sets of 10 reps/exercise 70–90 min 3 30 min 230–270
2–4 2 2 sets of 10 reps/exercise 70–90 min 4 30 min 260–300
5–6 2 3 sets of 10 reps/exercise 70–90 min 5 30 min 290–330
7–52 Weekly calls for motivation & support for first 6 months, then monthly for months 6–12. Monthly group meetings for ongoing behavioral support group weight training 2 3 sets of 10 reps/exercise 60–80 min 6 30 min 300–340