Superset Strength Training for Time-efficiency

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sedentary Lifestyle
• Interventions: Behavioral: Traditional strength training; Behavioral: Superset strength training

• Registration Number: NCT04038177
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

Physical inactivity is a global challenge and there is an urgent need to find strategies to increases people's activity levels. Strength training is one of the activities that is recommended to engage in regularly by both the American College of Sports Medicine and the World Health Organization. Understanding how strength training can be done effectively without spending much time could potentially increase people's involvement in strength training, as lack of time often is reported as barrier to training. Superset strength training can potentially be a time-efficient way of strength training, as this training method has been found to take half the time of the traditional ways of training.

The aim of the present study is therefore to compare the effects of superset strength training and traditional strength training on muscular strength, body composition and fatigue.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-07-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2019-07-30
• Study Start: 2019-08-05
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-20
• Study Completion: 2019-12-20
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• living in Trøndelag
• did not perform weekly strength training during the past 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria

• any known severe somatic condition (e.g., autoimmune and systemic inflammatory diseases, cancer, severe osteoporosis)
• any known severe psychiatric condition
• other contraindications for heavy resistance training (e.g. shoulder pain).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Traditional strength training	Traditional strength training	This is the comparator group that engages in strength training with sets and rest intervals programmed in accordance with the recommendations from The American College of Sports Medicine
Superset strength training	Superset strength training	This is the experimental group that performs strength training with sets and rest intervals programmed in a superset manner

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in muscular strength	3 months	Change in one repetition maximum strength (weight in kilograms) for all exercises

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in body weight	3 months	Assessed using a body composition analyzer (i.e. InBody)
Change in muscle mass	3 months	Assessed using a body composition analyzer (i.e. InBody)
Change in body composition fat mass	3 months	Assessed using a body composition analyzer (i.e. InBody)
Change in body composition BMI	3 months	Assessed using a body composition analyzer (i.e. InBody)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway