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Androgen responses to resistance exercise

Wen An   

  1. Sports School of Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China
  • Online:2014-08-13 Published:2014-08-13
  • About author:Wen An, M.D., Associate professor, Sports School of Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The androgen response to resistance exercise is one of hot topics in sports science research. At present, the androgen responses to resistance exercise show different results. There are different androgen changing trends under different resistance exercise interventions.
OBJECTIVE: To have a deep insight into the influence of resistance exercise on the response of human body androgen, clarify research progress in androgen response to resistance exercise, and provide the basic theory for monitoring resistance training.
METHODS: Literatures and paper reports about androgen response to resistance exercise are electronically retrieved from the American Biological Medical Literature Database PubMed from 1986 and 2013. Finally 46 literatures addressing the research progress is analyzed about androgen responses to resistance exercise were included.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Studies have shown that, weight lifting (power snatch and power clean), squating, and deadlifting produced higher testosterone levels than the small muscle groups. Under the same load, eccentric and concentric contractions produced the same hormone response. Adequate training amount and intensity may change the circulating testosterone levels. Short sports intermittent time led to a higher testosterone response than the long intermittent time. The free testosterone levels in youth group were significantly increased compared with the older group before and after exercise. Nutrition intervention affected acute testosterone responses to resistance exercise. Changes in exercise intensity and amount will alter quiet testosterone levels, once returned to normal training, testosterone levels will return to baseline values. Resistance exercise can increase androgen receptor content in human skeletal muscles.



中国组织工程研究
杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程


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Key words: sports medicine, testosterone, receptor, androgen

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