Low body fat does not influence recovery after muscle-damaging lower-limb plyometrics in young male team sport athletes
Abstract
Aim: This study assessed the influence of fat mass to fat-free mass ratio (FM:FFM) on recovery from plyometric exercise. Method: After assessment of body composition, 20 male team sport players (age 20.7 1.1 years; body mass 77.1 11.5 kg) were divided into low- (n = 10; 0.11 0.03) and normal- (n = 10; 0.27 0.09) fat groups based on FM:FFM ratio. Thereafter, participants completed measurements of knee extensor torque at 60 and 240 s1, countermovement jump flight time, plasma creatine kinase (CK) activity and perceived muscle soreness (VAS) before and at 0, 24 and 48 h after 10 10 maximal plyometric vertical jumps. Results: Evidence of muscle damage was confirmed by alterations in VAS, peak torque at 60 and 240 s1 and flight time at 0, 24 and 48 h after plyometric exercise (P < 0.05). CK was increased at 0 and 24 h (P < 0.05) but returned to baseline values by 48 h. No time by group e ects were observed for any of the dependent variables (P > 0.05). Conclusion: The current findings indicate that while muscle damage was present after plyometric exercise, the magnitude was similar across the two body composition groups. Applied practitioners can allow for a similar recovery time after plyometric exercise in those with low and normal body fat.Citation
Fernandes, J.F.T., Lamb, K.L., & Twist, C. (2020). Low body fat does not influence recovery after muscle-damaging lower-limb plyometrics in young male team sport athletes. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 5(4), 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk5040079Publisher
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This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk5040079EISSN
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