Table 1. Characteristics of women participants at the beginning of the training period. Data are Means ± SD.

	All (n=23)	ECC (n=11)	CON (n=12)
Age (yrs)	27.2 ± 4.5	25.2 ± 4.6	29.0 ± 3.6
Height (m)	1.67 ± 0.06	1.67 ± 0.04	1.67 ± 0.08
Body mass (kg)	66.8 ± 8.0	68.6 ± 8.0	65.2 ± 7.9
BMI (kg/m2)	24.0 ± 3.0	24.7 ± 3.5	23.4 ± 2.4

All= all training subjects, ECC= eccentric training group, CON= concentric training group.