Strength training: the agreement between methodological standards and prescription by fitness professionals
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https://doi.org/10.33233/rbfex.v21i1.4270Keywords:
resistance training; exercise; practice guidelines; physical fitness; healthAbstract
Introduction: The scientific advances have resulted in proposed methodologic standards to assist the prescription of physical exercise, but it is not clear whether there is a practical application of these standards by fitness professionals. Objective: To analyze the agreement between the methodologic standard for strength training and the methodology used by the fitness professionals. Methods: 461 professionals (men = 68.1%), aged 31.3 (± 6.8) years old, from the city of Londrina/PR and São Paulo/SP participated in the study, who filled out a questionaire containing 16 objective questions about strength training methodology. The Binomial test (cutoffs: 50% and 70%) was used for statistical analysis (p < 0.05). Results: Agreement significantly greater than 70% was obtained for 37.5% of the questions when considering agreement greater than 50%, plus 12.5% of the questtions were added. Agreements significantly less than 50% were identified for the number of repetitions for local muscle endurance (33.5%), load percentage for muscle power (39.5%), as well as for the rest interval for local muscle endurance (19.3%), hypertrophy (33.8%) and muscle power (20.3%). Conclusion: In general, the prescriptions indicated by fitness professionals had low agreement with the analyzed methodologic standards.
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