Wednesday, July 7, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Fit For Sisters Andrew Loscutoff Columnist Intensity builds muscle power Exercise has a distinct effect depending on how it9s applied. Effects are specific and pronounced. No body adapts the same to the same exercise. However, exer- cise can be modified toward the desired outcomes. This is the law of specific- ity referred to in exercise science. If such a law were to be thoughtfully applied to someone who is undergoing the muscular deterioration of age, there are some ways one might be able to cir- cumnavigate and improve. If you are undertaking long periods of low-key exercise, your body adapts to this. If you don9t apply force and speed to an aspect of your training, you will not main- tain these attributes Researchers applied this principle and a hypothesis that in eight weeks they might be able to measurably improve an elder9s muscular power. The training method they used was maximal power intervals on a sta- tionary bike 4 commonly thought of as HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) or