Hayden Thomas Kelly, Jordan James Smith, Angeliek Verdonschot, Sarah Grace Kennedy, Joseph J Scott, Heather McKay, Nicole Nathan, Rachel Sutherland, Philip James Morgan, Jo Salmon, Dawn Penney, James Boyer, Rhodri S Lloyd, Christopher Oldmeadow, Penny Reeves, Kirrilly Pursey, Myna Hua, Sarah Longmore, Jennifer Norman, Alexander Voukelatos, Avigdor Zask, David Revalds Lubans
INTRODUCTION: In Australia, only 22% of male and 8% of female adolescents meet the muscle-strengthening physical activity guidelines, and few school-based interventions support participation in resistance training (RT). After promising findings from our effectiveness trial, we conducted a state-wide dissemination of the ' Resistance Training for Teens ' (RT4T) intervention from 2015 to 2020. Despite high estimated reach, we found considerable variability in programme delivery and teachers reported numerous barriers to implementation...
November 1, 2023: BMJ Open