Previous studies of contracting muscle with low loading and partial vascular occlusion demonstrated hypertrophy and strength adaptations similar to and exceeding those observed with traditional moderate to high resistance. The purpose of the study was to determine the anabolic and catabolic hormone responses to light resistance exercise combined with partial vascular occlusion. Three experiment...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of different durations of rest between two bouts of exercise on immunoendocrine responses during and after the second bout of exercise. Nine endurance athletes participated in three 25-h trials: 1) complete bed rest (REST), 2) two bouts of exercise separated by 3 h of rest (SHORT), and 3) two bouts of exercise separated by 6 h of rest (LONG). ...

The aim of this study was to determine whether a bout of morning exercise (EXE(1)) can alter neuroendocrine and metabolic responses to subsequent afternoon exercise (EXE(2)) and whether these changes follow a gender-specific pattern. Sixteen healthy volunteers (8 men and 8 women, age 27 +/- 1 yr, body mass index 23 +/- 1 kg/m(2), maximal O(2) uptake 31 +/- 2 ml x kg(-1) x min(-1)) were studied ...

the aim of this study was to compare the effect of six weeks of volleyball specific training on the sand and hard surface (sport hall) on the resting levels and responses of lactate, creatine kinase (ck) and lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) to acute exercise in volleyball players. for this purpose, 18 male volleyball players (mean±sd; age, 23.7±3.7; weight, 75.3± 1.7) were randomly assigned to two g...

introduction: previous studies indicate that exercise influences cognitive function. nevertheless, considering that exercise in animal study can be voluntary, or forced, effects of exercise (specially forced exercise) on learning and memory abides as a matter of controversy. the present study aimed to investigate the effects of treadmill exercise on ltp in the dentate gyrus of rats. methods: th...

PURPOSE To explore whether compensatory responses to acute energy deficits induced by exercise or diet differ by sex. METHODS In experiment one, 12 healthy women completed three 9-h trials (control, exercise-induced (Ex-Def) and food restriction-induced energy deficit (Food-Def)) with identical energy deficits being imposed in the Ex-Def (90-min run, ∼70% of V˙O2max) and Food-Def trials. In e...