Feasibility Study of Resistance Training Intervention in Untrained Adolescents

Strength training participants performed the 6 reps of the first exercise at the prescribed RPE and then rested for 1 minute. Participants then completed another set of their first exercise with the required rest until the prescribed sets were completed. Participants performed the second and third exercises in the same fashion. Once the first block was completed, participants rested 5 min, then completed the second block. Six exercises were completed.

An adapted version of Alcaraz's high-resistance circuit training (HRC) was utilized in the intervention. Exercises and intensities used by strength training was the same for HRC except HRC participants performed the first three exercises as a circuit with 35 seconds rest between exercises, then completed the second block of exercises in the same fashion.