Men exhibit greater fatigue resistance than women in alternated bench press and leg press exercises

Monteiro, Estêvão Rios; Steele, James; Novaes, Jefferson; Brown, Amanda; Cavanaugh, Mark Tyler; Vingren, Jakob L.; Behm, David G.

doi:10.23736/s0022-4707.17.08062-8

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“…Second, all subjects in this investigation were women. Men have been reported to have greater relative muscle strength than women during dynamic contractions, and one recent study has suggested that men can be less fatigable than women in RE performed at a 10 repetition maximum as was performed in the current investigation (24). Different phases of the menstrual cycle can lead to different responses, and Queiroz et al (27) reported that the incidence of menstrual bleeding may influence the magnitude of BP decrease, but does not influence the occurrence of such a phenomenon (10).…”

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Effects of Manual Therapies and Resistance Exercise on Postexercise Hypotension in Women With Normal Blood Pressure

Monteiro

Pescatello

Winchester

et al. 2021

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

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Monteiro, ER, Pescatello, LS, Winchester, JB, Corrêa Neto, VG, Brown, AF, Budde, H, Marchetti, PH, Silva, JG, Vianna, JM, and Novaes, JdS. Effects of manual therapies and resistance exercise on postexercise hypotension in women with normal blood pressure. J Strength Cond Res 36(4): 948–954, 2022—The purpose of this investigation was to examine the acute effects of resistance exercise (RE) and different manual therapies (static stretching and manual massage [MM]) performed separately or combined on blood pressure (BP) responses during recovery in women with normal BP. Sixteen recreationally strength-trained women (age: 25.1 ± 2.9 years; height: 158.9 ± 4.1 cm; body mass: 59.5 ± 4.9 kg; body mass index: 23.5 ± 1.9 kg·m−2; baseline systolic BP median: 128 mm Hg; and baseline diastolic BP median: 78 mm Hg) were recruited. All subjects performed 6 experiments in a randomized order: (a) rest control (CON), (b) RE only (RE), (c) static-stretching exercise only (SS), (d) MM only, (e) RE immediately followed by SS (RE + SS), and (f) RE immediately followed by MM (RE + MM). RE consisted of 3 sets of bilateral bench press, back squat, front pull-down, and leg press exercises at 80% of 10RM. Static stretching and MM were applied unilaterally in 2 sets of 120 seconds to each of the quadriceps, hamstring, and calf regions. Systolic (SBP) and diastolic BP were measured before (rest) and every 10 minutes for 60 minutes following (Post 10–60) each intervention. There were significant intragroup differences for RE in Post-50 (p = 0.038; d = −2.24; ∆ = −4.0 mm Hg). Similarly, SBP intragroup differences were found for the SS protocol in Post-50 (p = 0.021; d = −2.67; ∆ = −5.0 mm Hg) and Post-60 (p = 0.008; d = −2.88; ∆ = −5.0 mm Hg). Still, SBP intragroup differences were found for the MM protocol in Post-50 (p = 0.011; d = −2.61; ∆ = −4.0 mm Hg) and Post-60 (p = 0.011; d = −2.74; ∆ = −4.0 mm Hg). Finally, a single SBP intragroup difference was found for the RE + SS protocol in Post-60 (p = 0.024; d = −3.12; ∆ = −5.0 mm Hg). Practitioners should be aware that SS and MM have the potential to influence BP responses in addition to RE or by themselves and therefore should be taken into consideration for persons who are hypertensive or hypotensive.

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Effects of Manual Therapies and Resistance Exercise on Postexercise Hypotension in Women With Normal Blood Pressure

Monteiro

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Winchester

et al. 2021

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

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“…According to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) 46 guidelines, 30 full-text publications were thoroughly read and once the inclusion criteria were applied, a total of 6 publications were included for analysis ( Figure 1). There were 27 full-text publications excluded from the analysis; 5 examining contralateral homologous effects; 5,7,9-10,13 , 13 examining NLMF but did not include data for proper ES calculation nor variables of interest; 15,[18][19][20][22][23][24][26][27][28][29][30]34 8 studies that did not examine NLMF (e.g., coactivation, tremor, concurrent contraction, stretching, training intervention); [16][17]21,25,[31][32][33]47 and 1 study which was the review by Halperin, Chapman, and Behm. 1…”

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A Meta-analysis of Non-local Heterologous Muscle Fatigue

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Jeon³

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Journal of Trainology

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This meta-analysis included two separate aims, 1) to perform a comprehensive search of the literature examining heterologous non-local muscle fatigue (i.e., decrement in force-production capacity of a heterologous unexercised muscle) and, 2) to determine the overall effects of non-local muscle fatigue on important parameters such as maximal voluntary force and spinal and supraspinal excitability. Design and Methods: Exploration of all published literature investigating non-local heterologous muscle fatigue was performed. Primary requirements for data analysis were the inclusion of maximal voluntary force and spinal and supraspinal excitability measures. Using a random effects model, Hedge's g effect sizes and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were computed. Results: A total of thirty-five effect sizes were computed from six studies. For all outcomes, a negative effect size indicates a decrement in the performance of the unexercised (heterologous) non-local muscle as a result of the fatiguing intervention. For the maximal voluntary force and spinal and supraspinal excitability outcomes, a trivial mean ES =-0.142 (95% CI =-0.164;-0.120, p < 0.001), and ES =-0.072 (95% CI =-0.096;-0.048, p < 0.001) were observed, respectively. Conclusions: Heterologous non-local muscle fatigue was evident, indicating that fatiguing exercises on one muscle group can induce minor decrements (from pre-fatigue baseline) in the maximal voluntary force and spinal and supraspinal excitability outcomes of the heterologous muscle group(s). This analysis provides important quantitative insight regarding the functional consequences of non-local muscle fatigue (i.e., reduced force output and efferent neural drive).

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“…Most recently, this definition has been updated by Skau et al (2021) to include that 'Fatigability is the decrement in magnitude or rate of changeK,' and Enoka and Duchateau (2016) stated that studies of performance fatigability should focus on outcome variables that characterized real-world performance such as changes in maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) forces. Recently, there have been an increasing number of performance fatigability-related reports that have utilized bilateral muscle actions, as opposed to or in addition to unilateral tasks, to examine the influence of the amount of skeletal muscle mass engaged during a task has on the resulting symptoms of fatigue (Thomas et al 2018, Monteiro et al 2019, Dinyer et al 2020, Keller et al 2020, Koral et al 2020, Anders et al 2021a, 2021b. For instance, Thomas et al (2018) suggested that the magnitude of fatigue resulting from a task is inversely related to the amount of activated muscle mass due to the concept that more engaged muscle would elicit greater disruptions to physiological systems (e.g.…”

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Sex differences in muscle excitation and oxygenation, but not in force fluctuations or active hyperemia resulting from a fatiguing, bilateral isometric task

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It remains to be fully elucidated if there are sex-specific physiological adjustments within the human neuromuscular and vascular systems that contribute to symptoms of fatigue during a sustained bilateral task. This, in part, is likely due to various limitations in experimental design such as an inability to independently record force fluctuations from each limb. Objective: Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine the fatigue-induced changes in muscle excitation, force fluctuations, skeletal muscle tissue saturation (StO2), and muscle blood flow resulting from a sustained, bilateral task. Approach: Thirty healthy, college-aged adults (15 males, 15 females) performed a bilateral leg task at 25% of maximum voluntary isometric (MVIC). Before and after the task, MVICs were completed. Resting and post-task femoral artery blood flow (FABF) were determined. Muscle excitation was quantified as electromyographic amplitude (EMG AMP) from the right and left vastus lateralis. During the task, force fluctuations were determined independently from each leg. The StO2 signal was collected with a near-infrared spectroscopy device attached to the right vastus lateralis. The rate of change in these variables was calculated via simple linear regression. The exercise-induced magnitude of change in MVIC (i.e., performance fatigability) and FABF (i.e., active hyperemia) was determined. Main results: There was no sex difference in the percent decline in MVIC (20.5±20.1% vs. 16.4± 3.5%; p>0.05). There were no inter-leg differences in EMG AMP or force fluctuations. The males exhibited a faster rate of increase in EMG AMP (b=0.13 vs. b=0.08; p<0.001), whereas the females exhibited a slower rate of decline in StO2 (b=-0.049 vs. b=-0.080). There was no sex difference in force fluctuations or change in FABF. Significance: Males and females likely have different neuromuscular strategies and muscle characteristics, but these did not elicit a sex difference in performance fatigability.

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Men exhibit greater fatigue resistance than women in alternated bench press and leg press exercises

Cited by 13 publications

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Effects of Manual Therapies and Resistance Exercise on Postexercise Hypotension in Women With Normal Blood Pressure

Effects of Manual Therapies and Resistance Exercise on Postexercise Hypotension in Women With Normal Blood Pressure

A Meta-analysis of Non-local Heterologous Muscle Fatigue

Sex differences in muscle excitation and oxygenation, but not in force fluctuations or active hyperemia resulting from a fatiguing, bilateral isometric task

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