Acute Effects of Different Rest Intervals Between Sets of Resistance Exercise on Neuromuscular Fatigue in Trained Older Women

José Claudio Jambassi Filho; André Luiz Demantova Gurjão; Alexandre K. G. Prado; Luiza Herminia Gallo; Sebastião Gobbi

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Acute Effects of Different Rest Intervals Between Sets of Resistance Exercise on Neuromuscular Fatigue in Trained Older Women

José Claudio Jambassi Filho ^[3] ; André Luiz Demantova Gurjão ^[1] ; Alexandre K. G. Prado ^[2] ; Luiza Herminia Gallo ^[3] ; Sebastião Gobbi
1. [1] Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
  
  Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
  
  Brasil
2. [2] Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  
  Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  
  Brasil
3. [3] Department of Physical Education, Institute of Biosciences, Sao Paulo State University, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Localización: Journal of strength and conditioning research: the research journal of the NSCA, ISSN 1064-8011, Vol. 34, Nº. 8, 2020, págs. 2235-2240
Idioma: inglés
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- The aim of this study was to investigate the acute effect of different rest intervals (RIs) between sets on total volume, time under tension, maximal voluntary contraction (MVC), and integrated electromyography (iEMG) activity of the vastus lateralis (VL) and vastus medialis (VM) muscles. Twenty-one resistance-trained older women (66.4 +/- 4.4 years; 69.1 +/- 11.4 kg; 157.5 +/- 5.0 cm) completed 3 different test sessions, performed 48-72 hours apart, in a randomized and counterbalanced within-subjects design. In 2 test sessions, the participants performed 3 sets to voluntary exhaustion with loads that corresponded to 15 maximum repetitions, with either 1-minute RI (RI-1) or 3-minute RI (RI-3). In another test session, the participants remained at rest for 15 minutes. The total volume of exercise and time under tension for the RI-3 session was statistically higher (p <= 0.05) than the RI-1 session. Postexercise MVC for the RI-3 session showed significantly greater reductions (-7.8%; p <= 0.05) compared with the RI-1 and control sessions. No significant changes in postexercise iEMG activity of the VL and VM were shown for any of the sessions (all p > 0.05). The findings of this study suggest that different RIs between sets lead to different acute neuromuscular responses. The longer RI seemed to induce higher neuromuscular fatigue, likely due to higher total volume and time under tension. Thus, longer RI may be a strategy that possibly would lead to greater long-term gains in muscle strength and hypertrophy of the lower limbs in trained older women.