Strength Training and Muscular Adaptation: Implications for Health and Performance
A special issue of Sports (ISSN 2075-4663).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 2941
Editors
Interests: applied sports physiology; muscle damage; eccentrics; strength training; sports performance
2. Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, Porto Biomechanics Laboratory, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
Interests: exercise performance; strength and conditioning; exercise physiology bioenergetics; oxygen uptake; biophysics; CrossFit; muscle fatigue and recovery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Strength training is a key strategy to enhance musculoskeletal health, optimize athletic performance, and support functional capacity across diverse populations, including athletes, older adults, and clinical groups. Current evidence highlights how the adaptations derived from different strength training modalities depend on multiple interacting factors such as load, contraction type, training volume, and recovery dynamics. Understanding how these mechanisms interact is essential to improve performance outcomes and to promote long-term musculoskeletal health.
The aim of this Special Issue, “Strength Training and Muscular Adaptation: Implications for Health and Performance”, is to bring together original research and comprehensive reviews that explore the physiological, biomechanical, and molecular bases of strength training adaptations and their practical implications. We welcome contributions addressing topics such as neuromuscular activation, muscle hypertrophy, fatigue and recovery, load monitoring, innovative training methods, and applications of strength training in injury prevention, rehabilitation, and health promotion.
Our goal is to provide an evidence-based collection that advances the understanding of how strength training can be optimized to enhance both health and sport performance.
Dr. Dale Wilson Chapman
Guest Editor
Dr. Manoel Rios
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- strength training
- muscular adaptation
- neuromuscular function
- muscle hypertrophy
- exercise physiology
- sport performance
- fatigue and recovery
- resistance exercise
- biomechanics
- health promotion
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