Can Women Maintain Their Strength Performance Along the Menstrual Cycle?

Osmani, Florent and Terán Fernández, Danel and Alonso Pérez, Sergio and Ruiz-Alias, Santiago A. and García-Pinillos, Felipe and Lago-Fuentes, Carlos florent.osmani@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, carlos.lago@uneatlantico.es (2024) Can Women Maintain Their Strength Performance Along the Menstrual Cycle? Applied Sciences, 14 (21). p. 9818. ISSN 2076-3417

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Abstract

This study aimed to explore the effect of the menstrual cycle (MC) phases (i.e., early follicular phase [EFP], late follicular phase [LFP], and mid-luteal phase [MLP]) on the repetitions performed to momentary failure in back squat and bench press exercises, as well as to determine subsequent fatigue (i.e., change in countermovement jump [CMJ], perceived effort, and muscle soreness). Twelve physically active eumenorrheic women performed a back squat and bench press set to momentary failure at 80% of the one-repetition maximum during the EFP, LFP, and MLP. The results revealed that subjects were able to perform 2.2 [0.2 to 4.2] more repetitions in the LFP with respect to the EFP for the back squat exercise (p = 0.009), but no significant differences were observed for the bench press (p = 0.354). The EFP displayed a larger CMJ height drop (−0.86 [−1.71 to −0.01] cm) with respect to the LFP (0.01 [−0.57 to 0.58] cm) and the MLP (−0.36 [−1.15 to 0.43] cm). Neither the perceived effort of each set to failure nor the resulting muscle soreness differed between MC phases. Therefore, practitioners should be aware that the MC could condition the repetitions available to momentary failure and the resulting allostatic load.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	resistance training; follicular phase; repetitions in reserve; fatigue; menstruation
Subjects:	Subjects > Physical Education and Sport
Divisions:	Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production
Depositing User:	Sr Bibliotecario
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2024 08:22
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2024 08:22
URI:	http://repositorio.funiber.org/id/eprint/15199

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