Acute Plasma Glucose and Lipoproteins Responses to a Single Session of Wrestling Techniques-Based Circuit Exercise (WTBCE) in Male Elite Wrestlers

Introduction: It has been shown that regular endurance exercise is a widely recognized modality to raise plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, but the results reported in studies of the effect of supra-maximal /maximal high intensity or power and anaerobic based sports and exercise on lipoprotein are conflicting. Objectives: The purposes of the present study were to investigate the effect of a single session of wrestling technique–based circuit exercise (WTBCE) on acute responses of glucose and lipoprotein profiles and the time course change of these metabolites. Methods: Twenty young, male elite wrestlers (age 20 ± .6 year, height 172.6 ± 2.10 cm, weight 71.05 ± 3.71 kg., and 24.54 ± 0.63 kg/m2 in BMI) volunteered to participate in the present study. Design and Exercise Protocol: Subjects were asked to complete a single WTBCE (10 techniques or stations separated by 10m, 3 non-stops circuits for 2 sets and one competitive wrestling practice). Blood samples were collected 30min before, immediately after the exercise, and 30min after the exercise. Repeated Measures Analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Results: Plasma glucose and HDL-C were significantly (p <0.001, 0.04) changed. There was no significant change in TG and TC concentrations. Conclusion: The present data indicate that a WTBCE was able to generate an acute change in HDL-C and glucose concentration and it can be considered as a stimulus for improvement of plasma HDL-C levels.