Effect of High Intensity Circuit Training on Central Fatigue and Cognitive Function among Recreational Athletes: An Annotated Bibliographic Review

Abstract

- [Purpose] Averting fatigue is an area of discussion nowadays not only for professional athletesbut also for recreational athletes. It requires comprehension about understanding of fatigue, it’s aetiology andmechanisms. (Mostafa, 2014). Central fatigue stipulates decrease in voluntary activation during exercise. Circuittraining is a type of training evolved by Morgan and Anderson in 1953. This training involves “A Circuit”including 9-12 exercises (aerobic exercises, resistance exercise etc) at nine moderate paces. It includes severalcircuits with short breaks between them. Every recreational athlete encounters fatigue in day-to-day life (Bart,2010). The type, duration and intensity of exercise are several factors which are responsible for peripheral andcentral fatigue. Total of more than 20 full text articles were included in this review. A literature search wasperformed using Google Scholar, PubMed and Cochrane databases. A total of more than 60 articles showed upon PubMed and 15 on Cochrane with the term “recreational athletes”. Exercise interventions other than highresistance circuit training were excluded. The articles were checked thoroughly and only full text articles wereincluded for this review. These studies were reviewed. This bibliographic study conclude that the circuit andhigh intensity resistance training has improved various parameters such as resistance to fatigue and cognitivefunction among recreational athletes. High Intensity Circuit Training has positive effect on cognitive functionand resistance to fatigue among recreational athletes.