1. Resting extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 expression following a continuum of chronic resistance exercise training paradigms.
- Author
-
Galpin AJ, Fry AC, Nicoll JX, Moore CA, Schilling BK, and Thomason DB
- Subjects
- Adult, Biopsy, Circuit-Based Exercise, Down-Regulation, Humans, Male, Weight Lifting physiology, Young Adult, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 metabolism, Physical Conditioning, Human methods, Physical Conditioning, Human physiology, Quadriceps Muscle metabolism, Quadriceps Muscle pathology, Resistance Training
- Abstract
Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) moderates skeletal muscle growth; however, chronic responses of this protein to unique resistance exercise (RE) paradigms are yet to be explored. The purpose of this investigation was to describe the long-term response of ERK1/2 following circuit weight training (CWT), recreationally weight training (WT), powerlifting (PL) and weightlifting (WL). Independent t-tests were used to determine differences in trained groups compared to sedentary controls. Total ERK1/2 content was lower in PL and WL compared to their controls (p ≤ 0.05). Specific trained groups displayed large (WL: pERK/total-ERK; d = 1.25) and moderate (CWT: total ERK1/2; d = 0.54) effect sizes for altered kinase expression compared to controls. The results indicate ERK1/2 expression is down-regulated after chronic RE in well-trained weightlifters and powerlifters. Lower expression of this protein may be a method in which anabolism is tightly regulated after many years of high-intensity RE.
- Published
- 2016
- Full Text
- View/download PDF