Matt S Stock1, Jacob A Mota2, Ryan N DeFranco3, Katherine A Grue3, A Unique Jacobo4, Eunhee Chung5, Jordan R Moon6, Jason M DeFreitas7, Travis W Beck8. 1. Department of Health Professions, University of Central Florida, Health and Public Affairs Bldg I, Room 258, 4364 Scorpius Street, Orlando, FL, 32816-2205, USA. matt.stock@ucf.edu. 2. Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 3. Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA. 4. Honors College, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA. 5. Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA. 6. American Public University System,, Charles Town, WV, USA. 7. Applied Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA. 8. Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that the increase in skeletal muscle mass observed during the initial weeks of initiating a resistance training program is concomitant with eccentric muscle damage and edema. PURPOSE: We examined the time course of muscle hypertrophy during 4 weeks of concentric-only resistance training. METHODS:Thirteen untrained men performedunilateral concentric-only dumbbell curls and shoulder presses twice per week for 4 weeks. Sets of 8-12 repetitions were performed to failure, and training loads were increased during each session. Subjects consumed 500 ml of whole milk during training. Assessments of soreness, lean mass, echo intensity, muscle thickness, relaxed and flexed arm circumference, and isokinetic strength were performed every 72 or 96 h. RESULTS:Soreness, echo intensity, relaxed circumference, and peak torque data did not significantly change. Significant increases in lean mass, muscle thickness, and flexed circumference were observed within seven training sessions. Lean mass was elevated at tests #7 (+109.3 g, p = .002) and #8 (+116.1 g, p = .035), with eight different subjects showing changes above the minimal difference of 139.1 g. Muscle thickness was elevated at tests #6 (+0.23 cm, p = .004), #7 (+0.31 cm, p < .001), and #8 (+0.27 cm, p < .001), with ten subjects exceeding the minimal difference of 0.24 cm. There were no changes for the control arm. CONCLUSION: In individuals beginning a resistance training program, small but detectable increases in hypertrophy may occur in the absence of eccentric muscle damage within seven training sessions.
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BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that the increase in skeletal muscle mass observed during the initial weeks of initiating a resistance training program is concomitant with eccentric muscle damage and edema. PURPOSE: We examined the time course of muscle hypertrophy during 4 weeks of concentric-only resistance training. METHODS: Thirteen untrained men performed unilateral concentric-only dumbbell curls and shoulder presses twice per week for 4 weeks. Sets of 8-12 repetitions were performed to failure, and training loads were increased during each session. Subjects consumed 500 ml of whole milk during training. Assessments of soreness, lean mass, echo intensity, muscle thickness, relaxed and flexed arm circumference, and isokinetic strength were performed every 72 or 96 h. RESULTS: Soreness, echo intensity, relaxed circumference, and peak torque data did not significantly change. Significant increases in lean mass, muscle thickness, and flexed circumference were observed within seven training sessions. Lean mass was elevated at tests #7 (+109.3 g, p = .002) and #8 (+116.1 g, p = .035), with eight different subjects showing changes above the minimal difference of 139.1 g. Muscle thickness was elevated at tests #6 (+0.23 cm, p = .004), #7 (+0.31 cm, p < .001), and #8 (+0.27 cm, p < .001), with ten subjects exceeding the minimal difference of 0.24 cm. There were no changes for the control arm. CONCLUSION: In individuals beginning a resistance training program, small but detectable increases in hypertrophy may occur in the absence of eccentric muscle damage within seven training sessions.
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