Mitsuru Higuchi, ,Ph.D.

Professor, Waseda University School of Sport Sciences

The effects of rowing on health promotion in older people

Rowing involves almost all the muscles in the body, and consists of rhythmical muscle contractions and demands a high aerobic capacity. In the ACSM Position Stand, activities with such characteristics are recommended. In this Forum, I will show the data obtained by our studies in which we evaluated aerobic capacity, plasma lipid-lipoprotein profile, and morphology and function of the leg muscle in older rowing-trained men by comparing with age-matched untrained men.