Effects of Exercise Frequency on Muscle Size and Strength in Healthy, Untrained Young Adults

Resistance training (RT) is important for building and maintaining healthy muscles. Anexercise frequency called "exercise snacks" involves short bursts of exercise throughoutthe day ( 5‐15 minutes), but no studies have examined a gym‐based RT exercise snackprogram. The invetigators will randomize 40 participants into one of two groups for 10weeks: the control group will complete two full‐body workouts per week(standard‐frequency) and the experimental group will complete 10 mini‐workouts per week(high‐frequency). Muscle hypertrophy (size) and strength will be measured before andafter the exercise program to determine if the participants had the same or differentresults.