Sprinters versus Long-distance Runners: How to Grow Old Healthy
ZitatSo far, aging studies have concentrated on endurance athletes. Master sprint-trained athletes were not the main focus of attention. We propose the novel hypothesis that the sprint model of lifelong physical training that involves high-intensity exercise is at least as beneficial as moderate-intensity endurance exercise for successful aging.
Für die Herz- und Stoffwechselgesundheit hat das Hochintensitäts-Intervalltraining Vorteile gegenüber dem Ausdauertraining. Nicht neu, aber in einer aktuellen Meta-Studie wurde das mal an einigen Parametern wie HbA1c und Nüchternglukose überprüft. Liest sich folgendermaßen:
Zitat HbA1c decreased by 0.19% (−0.36 to −0.03, P = 0.021) and body weight decreased by 1.3 kg (−1.9 to −0.7, P < 0.001). There were no statistically significant differences between groups in other outcomes overall. However, participants at risk of or with type 2 diabetes experienced reductions in fasting glucose (−0.92 mmol L−1, −1.22 to −0.62, P < 0.001) compared with CON. HIIT appears effective at improving metabolic health, particularly in those at risk of or with type 2 diabetes. Larger randomized controlled trials of longer duration than those included in this meta-analysis are required to confirm these results.
Für den Erhalt von Muskelstammzellen (Satellitenzellen) braucht es einen Transkiptionsfaktor mit dem Namen Prox1. Dieser wird auch für die langsamen (Ausdauer) Muskelfasern benötigt:
The transcription factor Prox1 is essential for satellite cell differentiation and muscle fibre-type regulation http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NCOMMS13124
Kommentar Prometheus: Ich gehe davon aus, dass regelmäßiges Ausdauertraining sich positiv auf den Stammzellpool des Muskels auswirkt!
Nicht nur Muskelschwäche, sondern auch Mitochondriale Entgleisungen können im Alter durch Kraftsport entgegengewirkt werden. Nicht nur im Phänotyp, sondern ganz besonders gut im Transkriptom, das dadurch fast wieder dem Muster in jüngeren Jahren entspricht.
ZitatResistance Exercise Reverses Aging in Human Skeletal Muscle
Human aging is associated with skeletal muscle atrophy and functional impairment (sarcopenia). Multiple lines of evidence suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction is a major contributor to sarcopenia. We evaluated whether healthy aging was associated with a transcriptional profile reflecting mitochondrial impairment and whether resistance exercise could reverse this signature to that approximating a younger physiological age. Skeletal muscle biopsies from healthy older (N = 25) and younger (N = 26) adult men and women were compared using gene expression profiling, and a subset of these were related to measurements of muscle strength. 14 of the older adults had muscle samples taken before and after a six-month resistance exercise-training program. Before exercise training, older adults were 59% weaker than younger, but after six months of training in older adults, strength improved significantly (P<0.001) such that they were only 38% lower than young adults. As a consequence of age, we found 596 genes differentially expressed using a false discovery rate cut-off of 5%. Prior to the exercise training, the transcriptome profile showed a dramatic enrichment of genes associated with mitochondrial function with age. However, following exercise training the transcriptional signature of aging was markedly reversed back to that of younger levels for most genes that were affected by both age and exercise. We conclude that healthy older adults show evidence of mitochondrial impairment and muscle weakness, but that this can be partially reversed at the phenotypic level, and substantially reversed at the transcriptome level, following six months of resistance exercise training.