Effects of Six Weeks of High-Intensity Functional Training on Physical Performance in Participants with Different Training Volumes and Frequencies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Participants
3. Procedures
Training Sessions
4. Instruments
Quantifying Training Load
5. Physical Performance
5.1. Countermovement Vertical Jump Height (CVJH)
5.2. Speed Test (20-m Sprint)
5.3. Handgrip Strength (HS)
5.4. Statistical Analyses
6. Results
7. Discussion
8. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Groups | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MI | HTVF | 1.12 ± 0.25 | 0.99 ± 0.46 | 1.03 ± 0.38 | 1.08 ± 0.30 | 0.94 ± 0.27 | 1.16 ± 0.46 |
MTVF | 1.33 ± 0.42 †,∞ | 1.02 ± 0.30 | 1.15 ± 0.31 *,$ | 0.91 ± 0.22 | 0.78 ± 0.23 | 0.98 ± 0.18 | |
TS | HTVF | 2477.2 ± 1186.6 | 2072.3 ± 1653.1 | 2085.3 ± 1404.1 | 2310.5 ± 1310.3 | 1737.1 ± 911.3 | 2602.8 ± 1848.3 |
MTVF | 3143.4 ± 1422.2 †,∞ | 2123.5 ± 1366.9 | 2690.2 ± 1175.9 *,$ | 1667.1 ± 887.4 | 1354.5 ± 797.2 | 1966.9 ± 622.7 | |
WITL | HTVF | 2118.2 ± 775.6 | 1764.7 ± 992.6 | 1830.2 ± 741.3 | 1980.4 ± 778.1 | 1729.1 ± 642.5 | 1994.4 ± 802.9 |
MTVF | 2283.9 ± 558.2 | 1889.2 ± 750.8 | 2281.4 ± 789.4 *,$ | 1722.5 ± 675.0 | 1650.7 ± 620.6 | 1973.9 ± 442.7 | |
WMITL | HTVF | 302.5 ± 110.8 | 252.1 ± 141.8 | 261.4 ± 105.9 | 282.9 ± 111.1 | 247.0 ± 91.7 | 284.9 ± 114.7 |
MTVF | 326.2 ± 79.7 | 269.8 ± 107.2 | 325.9 ± 112.7 *,$ | 246.0 ± 96.4 | 235.8 ± 88.6 | 281.9 ± 63.2 |
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Teixeira, R.V.; Batista, G.R.; Mortatti, A.L.; Dantas, P.M.S.; Cabral, B.G.d.A.T. Effects of Six Weeks of High-Intensity Functional Training on Physical Performance in Participants with Different Training Volumes and Frequencies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6058. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176058
Teixeira RV, Batista GR, Mortatti AL, Dantas PMS, Cabral BGdAT. Effects of Six Weeks of High-Intensity Functional Training on Physical Performance in Participants with Different Training Volumes and Frequencies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(17):6058. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176058
Chicago/Turabian StyleTeixeira, Rômulo Vasconcelos, Gilmário Ricarte Batista, Arnaldo Luis Mortatti, Paulo Moreira Silva Dantas, and Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinôco Cabral. 2020. "Effects of Six Weeks of High-Intensity Functional Training on Physical Performance in Participants with Different Training Volumes and Frequencies" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6058. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176058