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Resistance training and insulin action in humans: effects of de-training

J. L. Andersen *, P. Schjerling *, L. L. Andersen * and F. Dela *†

Aerobic endurance training increases insulin action in skeletal muscle, but the effect of resistance training has not been well described. Controversy exists about whether the effect of resistance training is merely due to an increase in muscle mass. We studied the effect of cessation of resistance training in young, healthy subjects by taking muscle biopsies and measuring insulin-mediated whole body and leg glucose uptake rates after 90 days of heavy resistance training (T) and again after 90 days of de-training (dT). Data on leg glucose uptake were expressed relative to accurate measures of leg muscle mass by MRI scanning. Muscle strength (239 ± 43 vs. 208 ± 33 N m), quadriceps area (8463 ± 453 vs. 7763 ± 329 mm²) and glycogen content (458 ± 22 vs. 400 ± 26 mmol (kg dry weight muscle)^-1) decreased, while myosin heavy chain isoform IIX increased 4-fold in dT vs. T, respectively (all P < 0.05). GLUT4 mRNA levels and enzyme activities and mRNA levels of glycolytic, lipolytic and glyconeogenic enzymes did not change with de-training. Likewise, capillary density did not change. Whole body glucose uptake decreased 11 % and leg glucose uptake decreased from 75 ± 11 (T) to 50 ± 6 (dT) nmol min^-1 (mm muscle)^-2 (P < 0.05) at maximal insulin, the latter decrease being due to decreased arterio-femoral venous glucose extraction. The decrease was mainly due to reduced non-oxidative glucose disposal. We have thus shown that 90 days after the termination of heavy resistance training, insulin-mediated glucose uptake rates per unit of skeletal muscle have decreased significantly.

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