Otro
Influence of upper-body exercise order on hormonal responses in trained men
Registro en:
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, v. 38, n. 2, p. 177-181, 2013.
1715-5312
1715-5320
10.1139/apnm-2012-0040
WOS:000315464600012
2-s2.0-84874425330
Autor
Simão, Roberto
Leite, Richard Diego
Speretta, Guilherme Fleury Fina
Maior, Alex Souto
de Salles, Belmiro Freitas
de Souza Jr., Tácito Pessoa
Vingren, Jakob L.
Willardson, Jeffrey M.
Resumen
The aim of this study was to examine acute hormonal responses after different sequences of an upper-body resistance-exercise session. Twenty men completed 2 sessions (3 sets; 70% 1-repetition maximum; 2 min passive rest between sets) of the same exercises in opposite sequences (larger to smaller vs. smaller to larger muscle-group exercises). Total testosterone (TT), free testosterone (FT), testosterone/cortisol (T/C) ratio, sex-hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), growth hormone (GH), and cortisol (C) concentrations were measured before and immediately after each sequence. The results indicate that the GH concentration increased after both sessions, but the increase was significantly greater (p < 0.05) after the sequence in which larger muscle-group exercises were performed prior to the smaller muscle-group exercises. No differences were observed between sessions for TT, FT, SHBG, C, or the T/C ratio at baseline or immediately after resistance exercise. These results indicate that performing larger muscle-group exercises first in an upper-body resistance-exercise session leads to a significantly greater GH response. This may have been due to the significantly greater exercise volume accomplished. In summary, the findings of this investigation support the common prescriptive recommendation to perform larger-muscle group exercises first during a resistance-exercise session.