Maximum Strength Development and Volume-Load during Concurrent High Intensity Intermittent Training Plus Strength or Strength-Only Training

Author(s)

Panissa, Valeria L. G. ^[1] ; Fukuda, David H. ^[2] ; de Oliveira, Flaviane P. ^[3] ; Parmezzani, Sergio S. ^[3] ; Campos, Eduardo Z. ^[4] ; Rossi, Fabricio E. ^[5] ; Franchini, Emerson ^{[1, 6]} ; Lira, Fabio S. ^[3]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Phys Educ & Sport, Dept Sport, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Cent Florida, Sch Kinesiol & Phys Therapy, Orlando, FL 32816 - USA

^[3] Univ Estadual Paulista, Exercise & Immunometab Res Grp, Dept Phys Educ, Presidente Prudente, SP - Brazil

^[4] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Phys Educ, Recife, PE - Brazil

^[5] Univ Fed Piaui, Immunometab Skeletal Muscle & Exercise Res Grp, Dept Phys Educ, Teresina - Brazil

^[6] Australian Inst Sport, Canberra, ACT - Australia

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE; v. 17, n. 4, p. 623-632, DEC 2018.
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare maximal strength gains during strength training (ST) and concurrent training (CT) consisting of high-intensity intermittent training plus strength training over the course of a 12-week intervention. A secondary purpose was to examine the relationship between strength training volume and strength gain in both groups. Nineteen recreationally active males were divided into CT (n = 11) and ST (n = 8) groups. The CT group performed repeated 1 min efforts at 100% of maximal aerobic speed interspersed by 1 min of passive recovery until accumulating a total miming distance of 5km followed by a strength session (consisting of three sets of seven exercises with loads of 8-12 repetition maximum) twice weekly for a period of 12 weeks. The ST group performed only strength training sessions during the same 12-week period. Strength training total volume-load (Sigma repetitions x load) for the upper-and lower-body was computed, while maximal strength (1RM) was evaluated at baseline, week 8, and week 12. Lower-body volume-load over 12 weeks was not different between groups. Absolute 1RM increased in both groups at week 8 and week 12, while 1RM relative to body mass increased in both groups at week 8, but only ST increased relative maximum strength between week 8 and week 12. There was a statistically significant correlation between strength training lower-body volume-load and maximum strength change between baseline and week 8 for the CT group (r = 0.656), while no significant correlations were found for the ST group. In summary, executing high-intensity intermittent exercise twice a week before strength training did not impair maximal strength after 8 weeks, however, only ST demonstrated an increase in relative strength after 12 weeks. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 17/07304-6 - Is the oxygen uptake measurement enough to estimate the energy expenditure during high-intensity intermittent exercise?
• Grantee: Valéria Leme Gonçalves Panissa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• FAPESP's process: 15/23127-1 - Effects of concurrent training and strength on cardiac autonomic modulation of active individuals
• Grantee: Caíque de Figueiredo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• FAPESP's process: 17/08167-2 - Pacing in judo
• Grantee: Emerson Franchini
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• FAPESP's process: 15/11302-3 - Effect of intensity and time of exercise on appetite in overweight men
• Grantee: Valéria Leme Gonçalves Panissa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 13/25310-2 - Evaluation of immune-metabolic blood cells in obese subjects: role of physical exercise and PPAR-gamma
• Grantee: Fábio Santos de Lira
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants