Efeito de dois protocolos de treinamento de força sobre parâmetros de aumento de massa muscular em biotipo ectomorfo: estudo de caso

Abstract

Identifying the somatotypical profile of an individual can represent significantly positive gains in the practice of a particular modality and not differently in strength training. Objective: To verify the effect of two strength training protocols on muscle mass increase parameters in ectomorph biotype. Methods: The Exhaustion and Drop-Set methods were performed for 4 weeks each, with a two-week recovery interval between them. In the training periodization, it was divided into training A, B and C, a rest of 48 hours was applied between the accomplishment of one training and another, with one minute of rest between sets, the total training duration was between 30 at 40 minutes. Results: The total results obtained showed no significant difference (p≥0.05) in the increase of muscle mass and body fat. Conclusion: It was concluded that the Exhaustion and Drop-set methods can be used as part of a bodybuilding training periodization, but not exclusively to use it in all exercises to focus on a single goal type.