Table 1.
Exercise program during the run-in and intervention phases
| Week | Aerobic Training | Resistant Training | Combined-training | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration, min/d | Intensity % of maximum heart rate* | Frequency, d/wk | Sets, n | Repetitions, n | Weight, maximum repetitions† | Frequency, session/wk | Aerobic Training | Resistant Training | |||||||||
| Duration, min/d | Intensity, % of maximum heart rate* | Frequency, d/wk | Sets, n | Repetitions, n | Weight, maximum repetitions† | Frequency, session/wk | |||||||||||
| Run-in phase | |||||||||||||||||
| 1–2 | 15–20 | 60 | 3 | 1–2 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 15–20 | 60 | 3 | 1–2 | 15 | 15 | 2 | |||
| Intervention phase | |||||||||||||||||
| 3–4 | 25 | 70 | 3 | 2–3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | |||
| 5–6 | 30 | 70 | 3 | 2–3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | |||
| 7–8 | 35 | 70 | 3 | 2–3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | |||
| 9–10 | 40 | 70 | 3 | 2–3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 40 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | |||
| 11–12 | 45 | 70 | 3 | 2–3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 13–14 | 40 | 75 | 3 | 2–3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |||
* The maximum heart rate achieved during the maximal treadmill exercise test performed at baseline
† The maximum weight that can be lifted the slated number of times while maintaining proper form. For example, 15 maximum repetitions are the maximum weight that can be lifted 15 times while maintaining proper form