Influence of Cooling on the Effect of Strength Training
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Universität des Saarlandes
- Enrollment
- 11
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- 1 Repetition Maximum
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate if regular cold water immersion after strength training has a negative influence on the desired training-induced performance enhancement.
Detailed Description
Recovery strategies represent a not sufficiently investigated chance in elite training control to optimize the complete training process. Coaches and athletes are confronted with numerous potentially effective recovery methods, e.g. cooling, warming, active recovery, compression, massage or power naps. However, the effectivity of these methods has rarely been investigated under controlled scientific conditions. Based on the state of the art,so far hardly any definite practical conclusions regarding effective recovery methods can be drawn, especially regarding sport-specific strategies and settings. Currently, cold water immersion is a particularly popular recovery strategy. However, there are hints that repeated cooling interventions after training can impair the training effect. This could potentially be caused by a faster reconstitution of homeostasis due to cooling. For fast recovery of performance, this effect would be desirable, but at the same time these homeostatic disturbances are the basis of signal processes leading to training adaptations.
The aim of this study is to investigate if regular cold water immersion after strength training has a negative influence on the desired training-induced performance enhancement.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Crossover
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •healthy, 18-40 years, strength training experience, 8 weeks no leg strength training
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
1 Repetition Maximum
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Maximum weight in kg that can be successfully moved in a leg press
Secondary Outcomes
- blood parameters(8 weeks)
- muscle biopsy(8 weeks)
- time in bed(2 weeks)
- Counter Movement Jump(8 weeks)
- subjective restfulness of sleep(2 weeks)
- sleeping time(2 weeks)
- muscle thickness(8 weeks)
- questionnaire on recovery and stress(2 weeks)
Investigators
Anne Krieg M.D.
Medical Doctor and Researcher
Universität des Saarlandes