Efeitos do treinamento resistido para idosas obesas

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Abstract: Aging is a process and not a condition, it is natural, universal, multifactorial and multicausal, in women it is distinguished by the climacteric. With aging, physiological changes occur that over time can cause a decrease in the elderly's adaptive capacities. In Brazil, a large part of the elderly population is classified as obese, thus, preventive and adjuvant interventions may be necessary to preserve and maintain the health of this population. In this sense, resistance training (RT) is one of the best treatments for vitality, strength and weight loss for this obese elderly woman. Thus, this study aims to analyze the effects of RT in obese elderly women. This is theoretical research that fits into the line of research in Sports Science and Health, bibliographical review studies with selection and inclusion criteria, with languages in Portuguese and English. Articles focused on the RT were analyzed and its effects applied with a focus on elderly women with obesity in the last 12 years and within the observed results, all studies took place with at least 08 eight weeks of RT that showed increased strength of the lower limbs with variation in studies from 17.5% to 69.7% and upper limbs from 41.2% to 71%, increase in lean mass by 2 kg and reduction in body fa t by 3.1 kg. In conclusion, the results suggest that studies with RT in obese elderly women promoted an increase in muscle strength, a reduction in fat, in addition to an improvement in quality of life and domains in functional capacities.