Table 2.
Biochemical and hormonal responses to four upper-body Wingate bouts conducted by judo athletes pre and post different high-intensity intermittent training protocols (values are mean ± standard deviation).
| Lower-body training group (n = 9) | Upper-body training group (n = 9) | Uchi-komi training group (n = 9) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | ||
| CK (U.L−1) | Before Wingate bouts* | 492.9 ± 414.5 | 221.6 ± 240.0 | 348.0 ± 286.0 | 207.2 ± 106.3 | 498.5 ± 535.8 | 385.3 ± 458.6 |
| After Wingate bouts | 665.5 ± 546.0 | 314.0 ± 304.4 | 460.6 ± 340.2 | 285.1 ± 123.4 | 700.5 ± 808.6 | 523.0 ± 559.0 | |
| LDH (U.L−1)&§α | Before Wingate bouts* | 85.1 ± 65.6 | 78.4 ± 30.1 | 75.3 ± 35.9 | 75.6 ± 25.6 | 79.2 ± 19.3 | 79.0 ± 36.6 |
| After Wingate bouts | 115.7 ± 80.1 | 92.0 ± 42.2 | 121.6 ± 94.0 | 109.7 ± 44.6 | 122.0 ± 69.6 | 101.9 ± 20.3 | |
| AST (U.L−1) | Before Wingate bouts* | 5.3 ± 1.3 | 5.1 ± 1.7 | 4.6 ± 2.2 | 5.5 ± 2.5 | 4.8 ± 1.8 | 4.3 ± 1.4 |
| After Wingate bouts | 5.7 ± 1.4 | 6.7 ± 3.0 | 6.3 ± 2.7 | 6.4 ± 2.6 | 6.1 ± 2.6 | 7.0 ± 3.9 | |
| ALT (U.L−1) | Before Wingate bouts* | 3.13 ± 1.08† | 3.38 ± 0.81 | 4.46 ± 2.69† | 4.67 ± 2.41† | 3.75 ± 1.63 | 3.57 ± 1.07£ |
| After Wingate bouts | 4.46 ± 1.39 | 4.43 ± 1.21 | 6.58 ± 3.74 | 5.75 ± 3.11 | 4.68 ± 1.87 | 5.78 ± 1.75# | |
| Cortisol (ng.mL−1)‡ | Before Wingate bouts* | 8.66 ± 4.35 | 11.62 ± 6.23 | 5.71 ± 1.95 | 7.56 ± 5.32 | 7.36 ± 3.98 | 5.60 ± 2.41 |
| After Wingate bouts | 14.72 ± 5.66 | 17.15 ± 6.70 | 9.95 ± 5.72 | 9.36 ± 6.53 | 12.96 ± 5.13 | 11.42 ± 5.76 | |
| Testosterone (ng.mL−1) | Before Wingate bouts* | 4.20 ± 1.86 | 4.63 ± 1.30 | 4.56 ± 1.65 | 5.10 ± 0.14 | 5.04 ± 0.21 | 5.06 ± 0.13 |
| After Wingate bouts | 4.71 ± 1.46 | 4.70 ± 1.33 | 4.65 ± 1.65 | 5.20 ± 0.12 | 5.17 ± 0.17 | 5.15 ± 0.15 | |
| Testosterone/Cortisol ratio | Before Wingate bouts* | 0.60 ± 0.33 | 0.58 ± 0.42 | 0.80 ± 0.34 | 0.95 ± 0.58 | 0.83 ± 0.34 | 1.05 ± 0.38 |
| After Wingate bouts | 0.42 ± 0.33 | 0.35 ± 0.26 | 0.57 ± 0.35 | 0.82 ± 0.59 | 0.47 ± 0.22 | 0.63 ± 0.43 | |
CK, creatine quinase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; AST, aspartato transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase;
= moment of measurement main effect, different from after Wingate bouts (P < 0.05);
group, moment of measurement and training period interaction, different from the same group after the Wingate bouts at pre and post-training (P < 0.05);
group, moment of measurement and training period interaction, different from the same group before the Wingate bouts at pre-training (P < 0.05);
group, moment of measurement and training period interaction, different from the same group at pre-training before and after Wingate bouts and at pos-training before Wingate bouts;
group main effect, lower-body training group different from upper-body training group (P < 0.05);
moment of measurement and training period interaction (P < 0.05), after at pre-training different from after at post-training;
moment of measurement and training period interaction (P < 0.05), after at pre-training different from before and after at post-training;
moment of measurement and training period interaction (P < 0.05), before different from after at post-training.