Cons: It would have been interesting to see whether the
TRAINED group could maintain the benefits, or even further
improve the gains, without the supervision.
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15 per cent higher volume of exercise yet demonstrated far fewer
gains than the PT-trained group in all parameters assessed. If
time spent training had a direct positive correlation with results
achieved, as might be expected, the SELF group should have
had greater improvements than the TRAINED group. In fact,
the opposite was the case and in quite dramatic fashion across
the board. Clearly, the TRAINED group was more ‘economical’
with their training time. With more economical use of time
and spectacularly better results, the findings reported in this
Research Review would make excellent information to discuss
with a client or prospective client who maybe considering
training on their own, without the support of a personal trainer.
Dr Mike and Joe Walsh are supported in writing their Research
Reviews by Human Kinetics.
Associate Professor Mike Climstein, PhD
FASMF FACSM FAAESS AEP
Dr Mike is the program director of Clinical Exercise Science
and co-director of the Water Based Research Unit at the
Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine at Bond University,
QLD. He is recognised as one of Australia’s leading
accredited exercise physiologists working with patients suffering from a
wide array of chronic diseases and disorders. For more information on this,
or any recent Research Reviews, email [email protected].
Joe Walsh, MSc
Joe is a highly experienced sport and exercise scientist,
currently working as a principle investigator on a series of
observational studies investigating the demographics of
various cohorts of master athletes. Joe’s research interests
include mathematical modelling, in particular use of Monte
Carlo Methods and Markov Chains for modelling sports performance. He
and Dr Mike have authored many scientific publications with findings
presented at international conferences in Europe, Asia and North America.
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