ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2020
A short set configuration attenuates the cardiac parasympathetic withdrawal after a whole-body resistance training session.
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- Shorter Set Configurations Attenuate Performance Loss and Lactatemia During Resistance Training in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Crossover Trial (CARE Project).Journal of strength and conditioning research · 2026Trial
- Set configuration influences cardiovascular responses to resistance exercise in postmenopausal females in a randomized crossover trial from the CARE project.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Acute Effects of Traditional Versus Cluster Set Upper Body Resistance Training on Heart Rate Variability and Blood Pressure in Trained Men.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- Cross education is modulated by set configuration in knee extension exercise.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2023Trial
- When Load Does not Tell the Whole Story: Acute Effects of Effort Matched Resistance Training Protocols on Arterial Stiffness.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- The effect of different proximities to failure on arterial stiffness following resistance training protocols matched for volume-load.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular adaptations to resistance training with different set configurations in postmenopausal women: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CARE project).BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Do you truly feel pleasant? The effect of question formulations on affective responses to acute exercise.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Strengthening the Case for Cluster Set Resistance Training in Aged and Clinical Settings: Emerging Evidence, Proposed Benefits and Suggestions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- Practical Recommendations Relevant to the Use of Resistance Training for COVID-19 Survivors.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeWe aimed to analyse the acute effects of set configuration on cardiac parasympathetic modulation and blood pressure (BP) after a whole-body resistance training (RT) session.
methodsThirty-two participants (23 men and 9 women) performed one control (CON) and two RT sessions differing in the set configuration but with the same intensity (15RM load), volume (200 repetitions) and total resting time (360 s between sets for each exercise and 3 min between exercises): a long set configuration (LSC: 4 sets of 10 repetitions with 2 resting minutes) and a short set configuration session (SSC, 8 sets of 5 repetitions with 51 resting seconds). Heart rate variability, baroreflex sensitivity, the low frequency of systolic blood pressure oscillations (LFSBP), BP and lactatemia were evaluated before and after the sessions and mechanical performance was evaluated during exercise.
resultsLSC induced greater reductions on cardiac parasympathetic modulation versus SSC after the session and the CON (p < 0.001 to p = 0.024). However, no LFSBP and BP significant changes were observed. Furthermore, LSC caused a higher lactate production (p < 0.001) and velocity loss (p ≤ 0.001) in comparison with SSC.
conclusionThese findings suggest that SSC attenuates the reduction of cardiac parasympathetic modulation after a whole-body RT, improving the mechanical performance and decreasing the glycolytic involvement, without alterations regarding vascular tone and BP.
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