The contribution of muscle hypertrophy to strength changes following resistance training
The contribution of muscle hypertrophy to strength changes following resistance training
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DOI:
10.1007/s00421-014-2855-4
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发表时间:
2014-06-01
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3
通讯作者:
Folland, Jonathan P.
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作者:
Erskine, Robert M.;Fletcher, Gareth;Folland, Jonathan P.
Whilst skeletal muscle hypertrophy is considered an important adaptation to resistance training (RT), it has not previously been found to explain the inter-individual changes in strength after RT. This study investigated the contribution of hypertrophy to individual gains in isometric, isoinertial and explosive strength after 12 weeks of elbow flexor RT.Thirty-three previously untrained, healthy men (18-30 years) completed an initial 3-week period of elbow flexor RT (to facilitate neurological responses) followed by 6-week no training, and then 12-week elbow flexor RT. Unilateral elbow flexor muscle strength [isometric maximum voluntary force (iMVF), single repetition maximum (1-RM) and explosive force], muscle volume (V (m)), muscle fascicle pennation angle (theta (p)) and normalized agonist, antagonist and stabilizer sEMG were assessed pre and post 12-week RT.Percentage gains in V (m) correlated with percentage changes in iMVF (r = 0.527; P = 0.002) and 1-RM (r = 0.482; P = 0.005) but not in explosive force (r a parts per thousand currency sign 0.243; P a parts per thousand yen 0.175). Percentage changes in iMVF, 1-RM, and explosive force did not correlate with percentage changes in agonist, antagonist or stabilizer sEMG (all P > 0.05). Percentage gains in theta (p) inversely correlated with percentage changes in normalized explosive force at 150 ms after force onset (r = 0.362; P = 0.038).We have shown for the first time that muscle hypertrophy explains a significant proportion of the inter-individual variability in isometric and isoinertial strength gains following 12-week elbow flexor RT in healthy young men.