Strength Training as a Supplemental Therapy of Androgen Deficiency of the Aging Male

The participants perform strength training sessions two times per week for 12 weeks. Each training session include 5-minute general dynamic warm-up followed by progressive strength training with exercises for the entire body. The strength exercises are performed with free weights and on machines. The training program consist of 6 exercises for upper and lower body at an intensity of 60-80% (8 - 12RM: the load that induces technique failure in eight or twelve repetitions) of one-repetition maximum and takes approximately 60 minutes. The exercises performed are: leg press, split squats, bench press, knee extension, knee flexion, seated cable rows, seated cable pull downs, dumbbell bench press, incline dumbbell bench press.