According to the GRADE system , there is very low quality evidence that functional training is better than other interventions to improve cardiovascular parameters .
BACKGROUND Functional training is a new training vision that was prepared from the gesture imitation of daily activities .
Although your use has become popular in clinical practice , the influence of the several cardiorespiratory adjustments performed during the functional training in different population s and conditions is unknown .
So , the aim of this systematic review was to gather information in the literature regarding the influence of functional training on cardiorespiratory parameters .
Improved cardiorespiratory endurance following 6 months of resistance exercise in elderly men and women.
OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of 6 months of high- or low-intensity resistance exercise on aerobic capacity and treadmill time to exhaustion in adults aged 60 to 83 years . METHODS Sixty-two men and women completed the study protocol . Subjects were matched for strength and r and omly assigned to a control ( n = 16 ) , low-intensity exercise ( LEX , n = 24 ) , or high-intensity exercise ( HEX , n = 22 ) group . Subjects trained at either 50 % of their one repetition maximum ( 1-RM ) for 13 repetitions ( LEX ) or 80 % of 1-RM for 8 repetitions ( HEX ) 3 times per week for 24 weeks . One set each of 12 exercises was performed . Strength was measured for the leg press , chest press , leg curl , leg extension ,  overhead press , biceps curl , seated row , and triceps dip . Muscular endurance was measured for the leg press and chest press . Aerobic capacity ( peak oxygen consumption [ VO(2)peak ] ) was measured during an incremental treadmill test ( Naughton ) . Treadmill time to exhaustion was measured as the time to exhaustion during the incremental exercise test . RESULTS The 1-RM significantly increased ( P < or = .05 ) for all exercises tested for both the HEX and LEX groups . Aerobic capacity increased ( P < or = .05 ) by 23.5 % ( 20.2 to 24.7 mL x kg(-1 ) x min(-1 ) ) and by 20.1 % ( 20.9 to 24.4 mL x kg(-1 ) x min(-1 ) ) for the LEX and HEX groups , respectively . Treadmill time increased ( P < or = .05 ) by 26.4 % and 23.3 % for the LEX and HEX groups , respectively . CONCLUSIONS Significant improvements in aerobic capacity and treadmill time to exhaustion can be obtained in older adults as a consequence of either high- or low-intensity resistance exercise . These findings suggest that increased strength , as a consequence of resistance exercise training , may allow older adults to reach and /or improve their aerobic capacity
According to the GRADE system , there is very low quality evidence that functional training is better than other interventions to improve cardiovascular parameters .
BACKGROUND Functional training is a new training vision that was prepared from the gesture imitation of daily activities .
Although your use has become popular in clinical practice , the influence of the several cardiorespiratory adjustments performed during the functional training in different population s and conditions is unknown .
So , the aim of this systematic review was to gather information in the literature regarding the influence of functional training on cardiorespiratory parameters .