Power or Plyometric Training in Older Adults

Participants will receive a total of twenty-four 45-minutes in-person resistance-training sessions, twice per week, using three sets of eight repetitions per set on five upper body exercises. During resistance-training participants will be allowed 1-minute rests between sets. Participants will also perform two jump training exercises on a horizontal Pilates reformer, the leg plyometric and ankle plantar plyometric jumps.

Participants will receive a total of twenty-four 45-minutes in-person training sessions, twice per week using three sets of eight repetitions per set. During training participants will be allowed 1-minute rests between sets. Exercises will include five upper-body exercises and two lower-body exercises.