301. Affective Responses to Increasing- and Decreasing-Intensity Resistance Training Protocols.
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Hutchinson, Jasmin C., Jones, Leighton, Ekkekakis, Panteleimon, Cheval, Boris, Brand, Ralf, Salvatore, Gabrielle M., Adler, Samantha, and Luo, Yan
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RESISTANCE training , *ISOMETRIC exercise , *AFFECT (Psychology) , *PLEASURE - Abstract
This study compared the effects of an increasing-intensity (UP) and a decreasing-intensity (DOWN) resistance training protocol on affective responses across six training sessions. Novice participants (Mage 43.5 ± 13.7 years) were randomly assigned to UP (n = 18) or DOWN (n = 17) resistance training groups. Linear mixed-effects models showed that the evolution of affective valence within each training session was significantly moderated by the group (b = −0.45, p ≤.001), with participants in the UP group reporting a decline in pleasure during each session (b = −0.82) and the DOWN group reporting an improvement (b = 0.97; ps <.001). Remembered pleasure was significantly higher in the DOWN group compared to the UP group (b = 0.57, p =.004). These findings indicate that a pattern of decreasing intensity throughout a resistance exercise session can elicit more positive affective responses and retrospective affective evaluations of resistance training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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