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Table 2 Exercise intervention

From: Cost-effectiveness of an exercise intervention program in perimenopausal women: the Fitness League Against MENopause COst (FLAMENCO) randomized controlled trial

Sesion structure

Content

Warm-up 10’ minutes

Joint mobility and different walk modalities

Conditioning 40 min

Week

1-2

3-4

5-6

7-8

9-10

11-12

13-14

15-16

Intensity RPE

12-13

12-13

13-14

13-14

14-15

14-15

15-16

15-16

Monday

        

Resistance training circuit*

6 exercises

8 exercises

8 exercises

8 exercises

8 exercises

8 exercises

10 exercises

10 exercises

Set x repetitions

2 × 15

3 × 15

3 × 18

3 × 20

3 × 18

3 × 15

3 × 12

3 × 10

Wednesday

Choreographies and aerobic exercises

Friday

5 exercises

6 exercises

6 exercises

6 exercises

7 exercises

7 exercises

8 exercises

8 exercises

Resistance exercises (RE)a and aerobic exercises (AE)b

2RE + 1AE + 2RE

3RE + 1AE + 2RE

3RE + 1AE+ 2RE

3RE + 1AE+ 2RE

2RE + 1AE + 2RE +1AE + 1RE

2RE + 1AE+ 2RE + 1AE + 1RE

2RE + 1AE + 2RE +1AE +2RE

2RE +1AE + 2RE +1AE + 2RE

Cool-down 10 min

Stretching and relaxation exercises

  1. RPE, rating of perceived exertion; *The circuit is composed of trunk, upper and lower extremities exercises. Body-weight, free weights (0.5–3 kg barbells) and resistance bands exercises. The load will be gradually and individualized increased for each participant to reach the intensity designed for each session; aThe set and repetitions in resistance exercise will be the same than the resistance circuit training;b The aerobic exercise will have a duration between 2–4 min