Christina A Liakou, Ioannis G Fatouros, Athanasios Poulios, Themistoklis Tsatalas, Evangeli Karampina, Panagiota Karanika, Despoina Kaloudi, Anastasia Rosvoglou, Panagiotis Tsimeas, Anna Kamperi, Niki Syrou, Athanasios Gatsas, Konstantinos Papanikolaou, Dimitrios Draganidis, Panagiotis Tsaklis, Giannis Giakas, Athanasios Z Jamurtas, Chariklia K Deli
PURPOSE: To determine the recovery kinetics of performance and exercise-induced muscle damage following different sprint-training protocols. METHODS: In a crossover design, ten male and female athletes (20.6 ± 2.4 years) performed 2 × (3 × 20 m: 2 min rest) and 1× (3 × 30 m: 3 min rest) of: (a) unresisted sprints (UST), (b) resisted sprints with 10% of body mass (BM) load (RST10), (c) resisted sprints with 20% BM load (RST20), against a control trial (no-training)...
September 30, 2023: European Journal of Applied Physiology