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Abstract(s)
The mechanisms that are behind the strength gains, in strength
training programs, are not still well evidenced. It seems to
exist the certainty that strength training produces greater gains,
during puberty and after, in virtue, over all, of the increase of
serum testosterone, which allows an increase of muscle
hypertrophy. Strength gains gotten before puberty, will be
resultant of neurological adaptations, such as, the improvement
of inter and intra-muscle coordination and order, the
synchronization, the amount of motor units recruited, and the
frequency of nervous stimulus, and not so much due to
hypertrophy. The purpose of this research was to compare the
maximal voluntary isometric force (MVIF), the electromyography
activity (EMG) and the muscle thickness between pre-pubertal
boys and girls.
The results suggested that prepubescent children can increase
strength following a strength training program that includes
callisthenic exercises. There were no significant differences on
the MVIF between boys and girls doing the triceps press
exercise. The strength gains were not followed by an increase
of muscle mass. In the same way, there were no significant
differences according to gender on the thickness of the triceps
of the both arm of the triceps. It seems that the elements
underlying the increase and strength gains can be related to the
increase of the coordination of the movement. The coordination
seems to be an element that highly contributes to the increase
of strength for more complex exercises.
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Keywords
Resistance strength Prepubescent Muscular Neuromuscular
Citation
Monteiro, A.M.; Lopes, Vítor P.; Faro, Ana (2004). Comparison of a 10 week resistance strength training program, in muscle morphology, electromyography activity and strength gains on prepubescent girls and boys. In 9th Annual Congress of the ECSS. Auvergne
Publisher
Université D'Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand