Gaining Skeletal Muscle Mass and Strength Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Impact of Timed Protein Supplementation to Maximize the Skeletal Muscle Adaptive Response to Resistance Type Exercise Training in Healthy Young Men
Resistance type exercise training has been shown to be a potent stimulus to increase
skeletal muscle mass and strength in healthy men. Furthermore, timed protein intake is also
known to affect the muscle adaptive response following exercise. Whether timed protein
intake could augment the increase in muscle fiber size and/or satellite cell content
following long-term exercise intervention remains to be established.
We hypothesize that protein supplementation before sleep, on both training and non-training
days, during a 12 week resistance training program further increases type II muscle fibre
cross sectional area when compared to the placebo group.
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Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Basic Science