Abstract

Vingren and colleagues [1] recently wrote a review entitled Testosterone Physiology in Resistance Exercise and Training. In their Abstract they claimed: “Testosterone is important for the desired adaptations to resistance exercise and training; in fact, testosterone is considered the major promoter of muscle growth and subsequent increase in muscle strength in response to resistance training in men” (p. 1038). The authors presented very little credible evidence in the review to support that claim. Credible supporting evidence would have been comparative resistance training studies where two groups elicited significantly different exercise induced acute hormonal responses and produced significant differences in chronic adaptations such as muscular hypertrophy or strength gains. Verf.-Referat