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Conditions
Brief summary
Research Question: What are the acute (less than or equal to 7 days) effects of a single session of hot, cold or thermonetural water immersion on the time-course of inflammatory adaptive responses following a single bout of resistance training (RT) in athletes? Title: The acute effects of a hot, cold or thermoneutral water immersion strategy on the time-course of inflammatory adaptive responses to RT in athletes Specific Hypothesis: CWI will attenuate; HWI will further enhance and NWI or a passive seated rest strategy at room temperature (i.e. no-treatment control condition) will not alter the acute inflammatory adaptive responses to RT. This project seeks to enhance performance in athletes by optimising muscular adaptation and physical preparation through the periodization of post-exercise (resistance training) recovery practices (water immersion).
Interventions
A session will consist of performing resistance training exercise followed by a water immersion or control condition. Exercise sessions will involve a combination of weightlifting (snatch OR clean and jerk, and associated derivatives) and traditional unilateral/bilateral resistance training exercises e.g. [vertical counter-movement jump; barbell front squat; barbell Romanian deadlift; single-leg Bulgarian squats; single-leg Romanian deadlift; single-leg knee extension and single-leg leg curl (fo
A session will consist of performing resistance training exercise followed by a water immersion or control condition. Exercise sessions will involve a combination of weightlifting (snatch OR clean and jerk, and associated derivatives) and traditional unilateral/bilateral resistance training exercises e.g. [vertical counter-movement jump; barbell front squat; barbell Romanian deadlift; single-leg Bulgarian squats; single-leg Romanian deadlift; single-leg knee extension and single-leg leg curl (for hypertrophic responses only). These exercises will be performed for 3-5 sets until (technical) failure, with a variety of loads ranging from of 1-12 repetitions maximum (RM)]. Each session will differ in the post-exercise water immersion condition only and will be performed at the same time of day for each participant. The post-exercise water immersion conditions will be either CWI (15 mins at 15 degrees Celsius), HWI (15 mins at 40 degrees Celsius), NWI (15 mins at 34.5 degrees Celsius), beginning 30 mins post-exercise. Immersion will be passive seated, up to a depth of shoulder height. All sessions (exercise and treatment conditions) will be supervised and withdrawn if participants do not perform repetitions in accordance with test protocols. A wash-out period of minimum 5 days will be used.
Sponsors
Edith Cowan University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Elite and sub-elite athletes with a minimum 12 months resistance training experience with acknowledged use and proficiency in the weightlifting derivatives will be sought as volunteers for the studies. Athletes will be recruited on the basis that they have been involved in a whole-body resistance training program (greater than or equal to 2/week) for the last 12 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria will be participants that do not have a minimum 12 months resistance training experience with acknowledged use and proficiency in the weightlifting derivatives. Individual participants who have pre-existing injuries will also be excluded.
Outcome results
None listed