Goulart KNDO, Couto BP, Junior GOC, Pimenta EM, Duffield R. The effect of post-match resistance training on recovery in female footballers; when is best to train?
SCI MED FOOTBALL 2022;
5:208-215. [PMID:
35077296 DOI:
10.1080/24733938.2020.1831695]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
This study examined the effects of resistance training (RT) performed at 24 or 48h post-match on recovery in female soccer players.
METHODS
In a randomized cross-over design, 10 professional female soccer players undertook matches followed by three conditions: Control (no RT), RT-24h and RT-48h post-match. RT was a high-speed and low-load session, consisting of 3 sets of 6 repetitions of lower-body exercises at 50%1RM. During training, one exercise (half-squat) was performed on a force platform to determine mean and peak forces. Tests were undertaken pre, 24, 48 and 72h post-match including countermovement jump (CMJ), 20m sprint, C-reactive protein (CRP) and delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Two-way repeated-measures ANOVA and Effect size (ES) analyses compared the time-course of recovery.
RESULTS
Despite no significant differences between conditions, ES for changes from pre to 72h were larger for CMJ, 10 and 20m sprint time, and DOMS in RT48h (ES=0.38-2.13) than in RT24h (ES=0.08-0.66) and in Control (ES=0.09-0.36). No differences in forces of half-squat exercise existed between conditions (p>0.05; ES=0.05-0.06).
CONCLUSION
The trend for suppressed recovery of speed, power and perceptual responses at 72h post-match suggests RT48h is less ideal in female soccer players, particularly during congested micro-cycles.
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