ORIGINAL PAPER
Behaviour of training loads and physical performance during a period of 6 weeks in high-intensity functional training practitioners
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Graduate Program on Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristovão, Brazil
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Graduate Program in Master’s Level in Physical Education, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristovão, Brazil
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Group of Studies and Research of Performance, Sport, Health and Paralympic Sports, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristovão, Brazil
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Department of Physiology, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristovão, Brazil
Submission date: 2020-02-15
Acceptance date: 2021-10-10
Publication date: 2022-04-28
Hum Mov. 2023;24(2):59-69
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
The present study aimed to analyse the behaviour of training loads and evaluate specific aspects of physical fitness during a period of 6 weeks in high-intensity functional training (HIFT) practitioners.
Methods:
The study included 12 practitioners (4 men and 8 women; age: 31.08 ± 4.80 years) of HIFT. The session rating of perceived exertion was routinely collected after each training session for 6 weeks. The sum and average of the weekly loads of training, strain, monotony, and acute/chronic workload ratio were recorded for analysis. In addition, the athletes underwent sprint, countermovement jump, and handgrip strength tests before and after the 6 weeks of HIFT.
Results:
A constant dynamic of the weekly internal training loads and the mean internal training loads was observed, with difference in the results from weeks 1 to 3 (F = 3.283; p = 0.02). In addition, the practitioners obtained superior results in countermovement jump (t = 3.573; p = 0.005) and lower limb muscle power (t = 3.536; p = 0.005) after the 6 weeks.
Conclusions:
The internal training load varied significantly only from weeks 1 to 3 over the 6 weeks. In addition, we observed that the 6-week HIFT was able to generate functional adaptations only in countermovement jump and lower limb muscle power.
The present study aimed to analyse the behaviour of training loads and evaluate specific aspects of physical fitness during a period of 6 weeks in high-intensity functional training (HIFT) practitioners.
Methods:
The study included 12 practitioners (4 men and 8 women; age: 31.08 ± 4.80 years) of HIFT. The session rating of perceived exertion was routinely collected after each training session for 6 weeks. The sum and average of the weekly loads of training, strain, monotony, and acute/chronic workload ratio were recorded for analysis. In addition, the athletes underwent sprint, countermovement jump, and handgrip strength tests before and after the 6 weeks of HIFT.
Results:
A constant dynamic of the weekly internal training loads and the mean internal training loads was observed, with difference in the results from weeks 1 to 3 (F = 3.283; p = 0.02). In addition, the practitioners obtained superior results in countermovement jump (t = 3.573; p = 0.005) and lower limb muscle power (t = 3.536; p = 0.005) after the 6 weeks.
Conclusions:
The internal training load varied significantly only from weeks 1 to 3 over the 6 weeks. In addition, we observed that the 6-week HIFT was able to generate functional adaptations only in countermovement jump and lower limb muscle power.
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