Little is known about the molecular responses to power resistance exercise that lead to skeletal muscle remodeling and enhanced athletic performance. We assessed the expression of titin-linked putative mechanosensing proteins implicated in muscle remodeling: muscle ankyrin repeat proteins (Ankrd1, Ankrd2 and Ankrd23), muscle-LIM proteins (MLP), muscle RING-finger protein-1 (MuRF-1), and associated myogenic proteins (MyoD1, myogenin, and myostatin) in skeletal muscle in response to power resistance exercise with or without a post-exercise meal, in fed, resistance-trained men. A muscle sample was obtained from the vastus lateralis of seven healthy men on separate days, 3h after 90 min of rest (Rest) or power resistance exercise with (Ex+Meal) or without (Ex) a post-exercise meal, to quantify mRNA and protein levels. The levels of phosphorylated HSP27 (pHSP27-Ser15) and cytoskeletal proteins in muscle and creatine kinase activity in serum were also assessed. The exercise increased (P≤0.05) pHSP27-Ser15 (~6-fold) and creatine kinase (~50%), whereas cytoskeletal protein levels were unchanged (P>0.05). Ankrd1 (~15-fold) and MLP (~2-fold) mRNA increased, whereas Ankrd2, Ankrd23, MuRF-1, MyoD1, and myostatin mRNA were unchanged. Ankrd1 (~3-fold, Ex) and MLPb (~20-fold, Ex+Meal) protein increased, but MLPa, Ankrd2, Ankrd23, and the myogenic proteins were unchanged. The post-exercise meal did not affect the responses observed. Power resistance exercise, as performed in practice, induced subtle early responses in the expression of MLP and Ankrd1, yet had little effect on the other proteins investigated. These findings suggest possible roles for MLP and Ankrd1 in the remodeling of skeletal muscle in individuals who regularly perform this type of exercise.