Treinamento resistido

Eur J Appl Physiol (2002) 88: 50–60 DOI 10.1007/s00421-002-0681-6

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Gerson E.R. Campos Æ Thomas J. Luecke Heather K. Wendeln Æ Kumika Toma Fredrick C. Hagerman Æ Thomas F. Murray Kerry E. Ragg Æ Nicholas A. Ratamess William J. Kraemer Æ Robert S. Staron

Muscular adaptations in response to three different resistance-training regimens: specificity of repetition maximum training zones
Accepted: 14 June 2002 / Published online: 15 August 2002 Ó Springer-Verlag 2002

Abstract Thirty-two untrained men [mean (SD) age 22.5 (5.8) years, height 178.3 (7.2) cm, body mass 77.8 (11.9) kg] participated in an 8-week progressive resistance-training program to investigate the ‘‘strength– endurance continuum’’. Subjects were divided into four groups: a low repetition group (Low Rep, n=9) performing 3–5 repetitions maximum (RM) for four sets of each exercise with 3 min rest between sets and exercises, an intermediate repetition group (Int Rep, n=11) performing 9–11 RM for three sets with 2 min rest, a high repetition group (High Rep, n=7) performing 20–28 RM for two sets with 1 min rest, and a non-exercising control group (Con, n=5). Three exercises (leg press, squat, and knee extension) were performed 2 days/week for the first 4 weeks and 3 days/week for the final 4 weeks. Maximal strength [one repetition maximum, 1RM), local muscular endurance (maximal number of repetitions performed with 60% of 1RM), and various cardiorespiratory parameters (e.g., maximum oxygen consumption, pulmonary ventilation, maximal aerobic

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