Efeito da ordem dos exercícios sobre o desempenho durante uma sessão de treinamento resistido no método circuito

André Luiz Torres Pirauá,Jefferson Gomes De Souza,Gregório Reis De Queiroz,Natália Barros Beltrão,Rodrigo Cappato De Araújo,Bruno Machado Melo,Dalton Roberto Alves Araújo De Lima Júnior

doi:10.5007/1980-0037.2014v16n3p325

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare total work volume, number of repeti-tions and rate of perceived effort performed in two different sequences of circuit training sessions. Eleven recreationally trained men (24.0 ± 4.8 years, 76.1 ± 8.5 kg, 1.75 ± 0.06 m) performed two different sequences of circuit training sessions. All sessions consisted of eight stations (exercises) of three sets in circuit, performed to volitional fatigue, alternating upper and lower body exercises, with 1-minute rest interval between exercises. Sequence A began with multiple joint exercises and progressed to single joint exercises, whereas sequence B was performed with the opposite exercise order. Number of repetitions and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were compared by repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance (repeated measures MANOVA). Total work volume (TWV) was compared by paired t-test. There were no differences between exercise order for TWV (p=0.47) and RPE of all exercises (p>0.05). For both sequences, number of repetitions was greater when exercise was performed first (p<0.05). These results indicate that during a circuit training session, exercises order influenced the number of repetition, but did not influence TWV and RPE. These findings may suggest that for those who aim overall muscular gains, similar results will be obtained with single and multiple joint, upper and lower body circuit training exercise orders. Similarly, exercise intensity will be similarly perceived regardless of exercise sequences. For those who aim specific muscle group gains, priority exercises must be performed first.

Highlights

Resistance training (RT) promotes direct and indirect health gains and performance benefits related to muscular strength[1,2,3], hypertrophy, endurance[4,5] and power[6]
Multivariate comparison indicated that there was a statistically significant difference in the Number of Repetitions performance based on different sequences, F (8,3) = 20.635; p
Some studies have reported benefits related to total work volume (TWV), so that as higher is the TWV, as greater are the strength gains[26], the release of anabolic hormones[27,28] and the muscular hypertrophy[29]

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Introduction

Resistance training (RT) promotes direct and indirect health gains and performance benefits related to muscular strength[1,2,3], hypertrophy, endurance[4,5] and power[6]. Its successful achievement depends on the combination of training variables (volume, intensity and order)[7,8,9], and the knowledge on the outcomes of each variable in a training session is important to achieve health and fitness goals[10]. EO has been pointed out as an important variable when prescribed, since some studies have shown that the sequence of resistance exercises significantly influences performance[9,13,14,15,16]. Studies involving OE have reported that the exercise sequence acutely influences the number of repetitions and the total work volume (TWV) of RT exercises performed late in the session[8,13,17,18,19]. The authors recommend that priority exercises must be performed first in the session[8,9,17,18,20]

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