Utilização de diferentes testes para determinação da fadiga e recuperação após treinamento de força

Abstract

Introduction: Recovery after a strength training session is critical to long-term training planning. The practitioner's physical condition prior to starting a session will provide indications of his or her ability to properly accomplish the plan of the day. Objective: To verify the use of different tests to determine fatigue and recovery after a strength training session. Methods: The sample consisted of 15 volunteers, who visited the laboratory on 7 occasions; day 1: familiarization with the tests and training protocol; days 2 and 3: countermovement jump (CMJ), multiple jump (SM), squat power (POT) and maximum squat repetition tests (RM); Day 4: Training 1 and soon after they performed the CMJ and SM tests; day 5: 24 hours after the end of the training session the volunteers returned to the laboratory and repeated the tests and soon after performed the training 2. Day 6: training 1 and soon after they performed the POT and RM tests. Day 7:24 hours after the end of the training session the volunteers returned to the laboratory and repeated the tests and soon performed the training 2. Results: All tests immediately after training 1 were lower than at baseline. However, CMJ and SM were not different from basal condition 24h after training 1. The mean POT test (Basal: 376.9 ± 75.5 W; after training 1: 311.2 ± 75.8 W and pre training 2: 330.2 ± 74.5 W), maximum POT (Basal: 415.2 ± 88.8 W; after training 1: 348.5 ± 84.6 W and pre training 2: 355.9 ± 76.0 W) and RM (Basal: 20.2 ± 5.3; after training 1: 12.4 ± 3.1 and pre training 2: 17.3 ± 4.9) remained lower 24h after training 1. Conclusion: The use of power tests and maximum repetitions in squat exercise are tools that enable the trainer to know the current condition of the individual to know if he is able to participate in a new training session. It was also evidenced that a period of 24 hours was not sufficient for complete recovery of the individuals.