Acute Effects of Resistance Exercise with and without Blood Flow Restriction and Hypoxic Mask on on Plasma IGF-1, Blood Lactate, and Perceived Exertion in Trained Men

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 faculty of physical education/ university of guilan/ rasht/ iran

2 Department of Exercise physiology, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

10.22080/jaep.2024.27115.2182

Abstract

Objectives: Resistance exercise with novel training methods is accompanied by various physiological and psychological responses. Therefore, the main purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of blood flow restriction and hypoxic mask on plasma IGF-1 concentration, blood lactate, and perceived exertion in response to acute resistance exercise in trained individuals.
Methods: In this study, a crossover design was utilized. Eleven individuals who exercised (mean age 29.2 ± 5.7 years and body mass index 25.3 ± 2.7 kg/m2) were randomly assigned to resistance activity with and without a training mask and blood flow restriction, which involved performing 4 sets of leg extension exercises. Blood samples were measured before and immediately after exercise, and to assess the perceived exertion, the subjects reported their status using the Borg scale (6-20 points) after each set of exercise. Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA with SPSS software (version 23) at a significance level of p<0.05.
Results: All three resistance training methods resulted in a significant increase in blood lactate and perceived exertion and no change in plasma IGF-1 concentration in the non-restricted method after exercise. Additionally, resistance training with hypoxic mask significantly increased blood lactate concentration and perceived exertion compared to the other two methods (p<0.01).
Conclusion: The results of this research showed that resistance exercise with all three training methods results in different responses in plasma IGF-1 concentration, blood lactate, and perceived exertion, and the magnitude of these changes depends on the intensity and type of exercise used.

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