Efectos del entrenamiento por oclusión en un programa de entrenamiento para la hipertrofia muscular en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

In order to determine the effects of occlusion training from an eight-week training program for muscle hypertrophy, in this particular case directed towards the upper extremities in university students, where they were subjected to three weekly training sessions. with an initial load of 40% of the repetition maximum (RM) and a restriction of blood flow at a pressure of 100 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), performing two exercises for biceps, triceps, shoulders and forearms during each session. The study takes an experimental quantitative approach, which involves a measurement moment prior to the intervention and a measurement at the end of the eight weeks of the training program. The variables to be measured were height, weight, body fat percentage, muscle mass, biceps skinfold, triceps skinfold, right and left arm circumference and RM in different exercises. Likewise, the informed consent was previously signed. The male sample (n=26) has an average age of 20 ± 2.8 years. The most outstanding results were evidenced in the reduction of the triceps fold, the increase in the circumference of the arms, the increase in the strength of the maximum repetition in the French press and in the biceps curl.