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Table 3 Acute hormonal responses to single bouts of 6 RM strength exercise

From: Delayed leukocytosis after hard strength and endurance exercise: Aspects of regulatory mechanisms

Blood sampling

Subjects

Cortisol (nmol.l-1)

GH (mIU.l-1)

ACTH (ng.l-1)

 

HT group

   

Pre (08.00 h)

TW1

513 ± 48

0.6 ± 0.2

45.7 ± 10.2

 

TW2

527 ± 34

0.6 ± 0.2

46.2 ± 10.5

 

NT group

   
 

TW1

441 ± 56

0.4 ± 0.1

42.6 ± 10.7

 

TW2

484 ± 39

0.5 ± 0.1

42.0 ± 7.0

 

HT group

   

Mid (09.30 h)

TW1

428 ± 42

10.8 ± 5.1*

41.6 ± 6.2

 

TW2

492 ± 35

8.0 ± 3.8*

55.1 ± 7.4#

 

NT group

   
 

TW1

383 ± 45

1.5 ± 0.6

50.7 ± 12.0

 

TW2

381 ± 26*

11.5 ± 3.5*#

50.6 ± 15.1

 

HT group

   

5 m post (10.05 h)

TW1

420 ± 32*

7.4 ± 1.8*

36.8 ± 4.5

 

TW2

473 ± 47

7.4 ± 2.9*

35.8 ± 4.3

 

NT group

   
 

TW1

410 ± 45

9.3 ± 3.2*

42.3 ± 7.5

 

TW2

318 ± 30*

12.0 ± 1.3*

38.3 ± 7.4

  1. TW1 (before) and TW2 (after) a 2-week period of high volume strength training for the HT group and normal strength training (NT group). * = different from baseline, p < 0.05, # = different from TW1, p < 0.05. Values are means ± SE.