Muscle Strength And Hypertrophy Occur Independently Of Protein Supplementation During Short-Term Resistance Training In Untrained Men

Keywords

Hypertrophy; Muscle morphology; Muscle strength; Protein; Supplementation

Abstract

Short-term resistance training has consistently demonstrated gains in muscular strength, but not hypertrophy. Post-resistance training protein ingestion is posited to augment the acute anabolic stimulus, thus potentially accelerating changes in muscle size and strength. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of 4 weeks of resistance training with protein supplementation on strength and muscle morphology changes in untrained men. Participants (mean ± SD; N = 18; age, 22.0 ± 2.5 years; body mass index, 25.1 ± 5.4 kg·m–2) were randomly assigned to a resistance training + protein group (n = 9; whey (17 g) + colostrum (3 g) + leucine (2 g)) or a resistance training + placebo group (n = 9). One-repetition maximum (1RM) strength in the leg press (LP) and leg extension (LE) exercises, maximal isometric knee extensor strength (MVIC), and muscle morphology (thickness (MT), cross-sectional area (CSA), pennation angle) of the dominant rectus femoris (RF) and vastus lateralis (VL) was assessed before and after training. Participants performed LP and LE exercises (3 × 8–10; at 80% 1RM) 3 days/week for 4 weeks. Data were analyzed using 2-way ANOVA with repeated measures. Four weeks of resistance training resulted in significant increases in LP (p < 0.001), LE (p < 0.001), MVIC (p < 0.001), RF MT (p < 0.001), RF CSA (p < 0.001), VL MT (p < 0.001), and VL CSA (p < 0.001). No between-group differences were observed. Although nutrition can significantly affect training adaptations, these results suggest that short-term resistance training augments muscle strength and size in previously untrained men with no additive benefit from post exercise protein supplementation.

Publication Date

3-30-2015

Publication Title

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volume

40

Issue

8

Number of Pages

797-802

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2015-0027

Socpus ID

84938779216 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84938779216

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