| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the acute physiological responses to two modalities of concurrent training and compare findings between a barbell (BB) complex and a dumbbell (DB) complex. Fifteen physically active females (n = 15, age = 23 ± 4) performed one round of the Javorek Complex I with both BB/DB then swapped modality so all subjects completed both variations. Acute responses were compared between 15 subjects across two exercise types to determine potential benefits of each. Heart rate (HR), oxygen consumption (VO2), respiratory frequency (RF), tidal volume (TV), minute ventilation (VE), ventilatory equivalents for oxygen (VE/VO2), fraction of expired air (FEO2), metabolic equivalents (METs), total caloric expenditure (EE), time to completion, and load utilized was used for analyses with paired samples t-tests used to identify significant differences between outcome measures and modality to determine the magnitude of any change. Significant differences were observed between modalities in load utilized (p ≤ 0.001), HR (p ≤ 0.001), VO2 (p ≤ 0.05), RF (p ≤ 0.05), VE (p ≤ 0.05), VE/VO2 (p ≤ 0.05 level), FEO2 (p ≤ 0.01), METs (p ≤ 0.05), and EE (p ≤ 0.05). Results of this study present a physiological description of acute responses to complex training with observable differences between BB and DB modalities. These conclusions may be used by coaches and athletes for implementation of complex training for athletic performance enhancement. | |
