Physical function and aerobic fitness assessments.

<p>Physical function and aerobic fitness assessments.</p

Daily dietary intakes via self-report from 3-day food records.

<p>Daily dietary intakes via self-report from 3-day food records.</p

Baseline characteristics of participants.

<p>Baseline characteristics of participants.</p

Anthropometric and DXA-derived body composition.

<p>Anthropometric and DXA-derived body composition.</p

Fasting blood lipids and insulin sensitivity indices.

<p>Fasting blood lipids and insulin sensitivity indices.</p

Satellite cells per type I (a) and type II (b) muscle fibres at rest (Pre) and after (48h) following a single bout of resistance exercise at the first week (T1), third week (T2) and tenth week (T3) of resistance training.

<p>* Significantly different from Pre at T1 (<i>P</i> = 0.014). † Significantly different from T1 (<i>P</i> < 0.05). Values are presented as median (line) with inter-quartile range (box), maximum and minimum values, and mean (+).</p

Representative image of the immunofluorescent stain.

<p>(a) MHCI/Laminin; (b) MHCII; (c) DAPI; (d) Pax7; and (e) MHCI/Laminin/MHCII/Pax7 (Merge). Arrows denotes SC (upper arrow: SC cell associated with a type II fibre; lower arrow: SC cell associated with a type I fibre).</p

Antibodies information.

<p>Antibodies information.</p

Pax7 stainings pre and 48h-post first (T1), fifth (T2) and nineteenth (T3) workouts.

<p>(a) Pre T1; (b) 48h T1; (c) Pre T2; (d) 48h T2; (e) Pre T3; (f) 48h T3. Arrows denotes SC.</p

Correlations between myonuclear number in type I and II muscle fibres vs. MPS increase (0-48h) post resistance training bout in T1, T2, and T3.

<p>Correlations between myonuclear number in type I and II muscle fibres vs. MPS increase (0-48h) post resistance training bout in T1, T2, and T3.</p