Gaining more from doing less? The effects of a one-week deload period during supervised resistance training on muscular adaptations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Based on emerging evidence that brief periods of cessation from resistance training (RT) may re-sensitize muscle to anabolic stimuli, we aimed to investigate the effects of a 1-week deload interval at the midpoint of a 9-week RT program on muscular adaptations in resistance-trained individuals.

Methods

Thirty-nine young men (n = 29) and women (n = 10) were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 experimental, parallel groups: An experimental group that abstained from RT for 1 week at the midpoint of a 9-week, high-volume RT program (DELOAD) or a traditional training group that performed the same RT program continuously over the study period (TRAD). The lower body routines were directly supervised by the research staff while upper body training was carried out in

SUBMITTER: Coleman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10809978 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature