Felipe Brigatto

Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (Unimep) · Human Performance Research Group

This study assessed associations between changes in the weekly number of sets performed and the percentage change in muscle thickness of the biceps (MTBB) and triceps (MTTB) brachii muscles. Through a retrospective analysis, sixty-eight resistance-trained subjects that participated in previous studies had their previous training volumes analyzed an...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of two recovery periods between consecutive and non-consecutive days in strength training sessions on hormonal, neuromuscular and morphological variables in recreationally trained men. Nineteen young men completed the study and were randomly divided into two groups: 24R, 24-hour recover...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of resistance training (RT) with inter-set static stretching (IS) versus traditional RT (TRT) on morphofunctional outcomes in recreationally resistance- trained male and female. Methods: Twenty-two recreationally-trained subjects were allocated to IS group (n = 12) or TRT (n = 10) and co...

International Journal of Exercise Science 15(4): 1661-1679, 2022. The purpose of the present study was to investigate muscle thickness and strength outcomes of the quadriceps femoris induced by different resistance training (RT) frequencies and detraining. In addition, muscle architecture (MA) parameters were also assessed. Twenty-seven healthy res...

International Journal of Exercise Science 15(4): 709-720, 2022. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of distinct resistance training frequencies with equated-volume conditions in morphological and functional adaptations of the patellar tendon. Twenty-seven recreationally resistance-trained subjects (men [n=17] and women [n=10...

International Journal of Exercise Science 15(4): 709-720, 2022. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of distinct resistance training frequencies with equated-volume conditions in morphological and functional adaptations of the patellar tendon. Twenty-seven recreationally resistance-trained subjects (men [n=17] and women [n=10...

International Journal of Exercise Science 15(4): 910-933, 2022. The regular practice of resistance training (RT) has been shown to induce relevant increases in both muscle strength and size. In order to maximize these adaptations, the proper manipulation of RT variables is warranted. In this sense, the aim of the present study was to review the ava...

International Journal of Exercise Science 15(4): X-Y, 2022. The regular practice of resistance training (RT) has been shown to induce relevant increases in both muscle strength and size. In order to maximize these adaptations, the proper manipulation of RT variables is warranted. In this sense, the aim of the present study was to review the availab...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the chronic effects of training each muscle group through a split-body routine on 2 versus 3 days per week on muscle strength and morphological adaptations in recreationally resistance-trained men with the number of sets per muscle group equated between conditions. Twenty healthy men (28.8 ± 6.1 years [r...

International Journal of Exercise Science 15(3): X-Y, 2022. The purpose of the present study was to assess performance and morphological acute responses to the tri-set (TRI) resistance-training system. In a random order, 18 subjects (years: 30.0 ± 5.6; weight: 81.8 ± 13.4 kg; height: 173 ± 6.2 cm; RT experience: 4.6 ± 1.7 years) performed 3 exercis...

Resistance training (RT) is an important strategy to enhance muscle strength, leading to positive adaptations related to health, fitness and sport performance outcomes. Skateboard is an extreme sport, which proficiency is classified according to the extent of the difficulty of movements and maneuvers performed. The purpose of this study was to asse...

Resumo O treinamento de força (RT) é uma importante estratégia com objetivo de aumentar a força muscular, levando a adaptações positivas relacionadas à saúde, condicionamento físico e performance esportiva. O skateboarding é um esporte radical, cuja proficiência é classificada de acordo com o grau de dificuldade dos movimentos e manobras executadas...

The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of beta-alanine supplementation on muscle strength and thickness. Nineteen resistance-trained men (age: 27.3 ±5.5 years; height: 178 ±10 cm; body mass: 83.4 ±9.7 kg; training experience: 5.9 ±3.9 years) were allocated to one of the following groups: Beta-alanine (BA) (6.4 g/day of beta-alanine)...

International Journal of Exercise Science V(i): X-Y, YEAR. The present study investigated acute muscular performance and metabolic responses to resistance training (RT) with inter-set stretching (ISS). Seventeen resistance-trained men (age: 30.0 ± 5.6 years; body mass: 81.8 ± 13.4 kg; height: 173 ± 6.2 cm; RT experience: 4.6 ± 1.7 years) completed...

International Journal of Exercise Science 14(6): X-Y, 2021. The adoption of resistance training (RT) programs has been shown to positively influence sports performance-related parameters. However, the chronic effects of maximal strength protocols on the performance of soccer players are not completely investigated. The aim of this study was to eval...

Background: High-intensity interval training protocols using the body weight (WBHIIT) as resistance could be an interesting and inexpensive alternative due to the absence of equipment required (low cost) and the possibility to be performed in a wide range of locations. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to analyze the effects of a sho...

The aim of the present study was to assess the short-term effects of four weeks of beta-alanine supplementation (BA) (6.4 g/day) on the total volume performed and perceived effort of resistance-trained individuals. Sixteen trained men (age: 27.3 ± 5.0 years, height: 1.78 ± 0.1 cm, total body mass: 84.3 ± 8.4 kg, RT experience: 5.9 ± 3.3 years) were...

Previous studies investigated the effects of foam rolling (FR) on measurements of strength and power. However, the acute effect of FR on muscle thickness (MT) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) after multiple sets of resistance exercise remains to be elucidated. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of one and three minutes of quadr...

The aim of the present study was to assess the chronic effects of different order of resistance training cycles on strength and muscle thickness of recreationally resistance-trained men. The study sample was composed of 16 healthy men (age: 25.0 ± 3.8 years, height: 1.77 ± 7.6 cm, total body mass: 81.7 ± 10.4 kg, RT experience: 4.6 ± 0.7 years, rel...

A aptidão física se relaciona com marcadores de saúde na infância. O objetivo do presente estudo é mensurar os níveis de aptidão física de escolares, de 10 anos, de acordo com as classificações da base de dados do Projeto Esporte Brasil, 2016 e comparar os resultados das avaliações entre os escolares da rede pública e privada. Participaram desse es...

Background: The present study investigated the mid-term effects of training muscle groups once- versus twice-daily on morphofunctional adaptations in trained men. Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 experimental groups: 1 daily session per muscle group (1S, n = 11), where every muscle group was trained once a day or 2 daily se...

Acute foam rolling protocols may increase range of motion without a negative impact on muscle performance. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the acute effects of foam rolling on cycling performance (mean power and maximal power), affect and perceived exertion. A secondary aim was to assess the effect of foam rolling on post-e...

It is well established in the literature that resistance training (RT) is an efficient modality to increase muscle mass, reduce fat and improve health in general in various populations. The objective of the study was to compare the effect of two microcycles on the RT with the protocols of 20 and 40 weekly series per muscle group, if there is a ch...

Aging is characterized by a progressive decline in function and morphological aspects of biological tissues, with especial regards to cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. In this sense, exercise has been shown to strongly counteract these aging-induced detrimental effects. Endurance exercise (EE) has been shown to reduce the rate of decline...

A prescrição, execução e controle de programas de treinamento são algumas das principais funções do personal trainer (PT). O objetivo do presente estudo foi revisar os efeitos de programas supervisionados versus não supervisionados por PT no treinamento de força. Diante dos desfechos funcionais e morfológicos dos estudos analisados, a atuação do pe...

de Camargo, JBB, Braz, TV, Batista, DR, Germano, MD, Brigatto, FA, and Lopes, CR. Dissociated time course of indirect markers of muscle damage recovery between single-joint and multi-joint exercises in resistance-trained men. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2020-This study compared the time course of indirect markers of muscle damage after mult...

The objective of the present study was to compare the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the Waist-to-Height Ratio (RCE) of students from public and private schools and to verify the relationship between the aptitude tests of physical capacities (ApF) with the BMI and the CER. 126 schoolchildren, 9.6 ± 0.4 years old, from the cities of Leme and Pirassununga...

Introdução: A frequência semanal de treinamento é uma variável importante a ser manipulada durante a prescrição do treinamento de força (TF) e traz benefícios fisiológicos e no desempenho da força. Organizar uma ou duas sessões de TF ao dia para o mesmo grupo muscular pode ser uma estratégia de treinamento viável a ser dotada em sujeitos treinados....

The type of exercise is a relevant resistance training-variable that might be manipulated in order to induce significant increases in muscle strength. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of multi-joint vs single-joint resistance exercises on maximal strength. Sixteen resistance-trained men (age: 23.1 ± 4.4 years; body mass: 86.0 ± 12...

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of two different methods of resistance training (RT) load adjustment (self-selected vs. programmed) in strength and body composition outcomes. Fourteen resistance-trained college-level students (5 females and 9 males), (age: 21.4 ± 2.23 years; height: 1.71 ± 0.08 m and body mass: 77.6 ± 11.9 kg) were...

Exercícios multiarticulares (MULTI) e monoarticulares (MONO) são comumente utilizados na prescrição do treinamento de força (TF). O objetivo do presente estudo foi investigar os efeitos dos exercícios MULTI e MONO sobre a carga total levantada (CTL) e a resposta do lactato sanguíneo, em sujeitos treinados em força. Participaram do estudo dez homens...

ABSTRACT Supervised resistance training may affect several acute variables such as volume load (VL), the maximum number of repetitions (NRM), time under tension (TUT), and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) in resistance trained-men. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of the personal trainer’s supervision on a resistance training sessi...

Resistance training (RT) promotes improvements in healthy parameters for young to elderly adults and athlete's performance. Strength and muscle mass improvement are dependent upon exercise intensity. The present study verifies if 53 healthy young adults underestimate exercise intensity in three different exercises Bench Press (BP), Biceps Curl (BC)...

Germano, MD, Sindorf, MAG, Crisp, AH, Braz, TV, Brigatto, FA, Nunes, AG, Verlengia, R, Moreno, MA, Aoki, MS, and Lopes, CR. Effect of different recoveries during HIIT sessions on metabolic and cardiorespiratory responses and sprint performance in healthy men. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2019- The purpose of this study was to investigate how...

Brigatto, FA, Lima, LEdM, Germano, MD, Aoki, MS, Braz, TV, and Lopes, CR. High resistance-training volume enhances muscle thickness in resistance-trained men. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2019-This study investigated the effects of different volumes of resistance training (RT) (8 weeks of 16, 24, and 32 weekly sets per muscle group) on muscu...

The manipulation of the volume and intensity of static stretching (SS) can affect the range of motion (ROM) and muscle force output. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of two different SS protocols with different intensities (50% and 85% POD) and volumes (120-s and 240-s) on ROM, peak force, and muscle activity during maximal i...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the chronic effects of training muscle groups 1 day per week vs. 2 days per week on neuromuscular performance and morphological adaptations in trained men with the number of sets per muscle group equated between conditions. Participants were randomly assigned in 2 experimental groups: 1 session·wk-1 per...

Zaroni, RS, Brigatto, FA, Schoenfeld, BJ, Braz, TV, Benvenutti, JC, Germano, MD, Marchetti, PH, Aoki, MS, and Lopes, CR. High resistance-training frequency enhances muscle thickness in resistance-trained men. J Strength Cond Res 33(7S): S140-S151, 2019-The purpose of this study was to compare the effect a split training routine with muscle groups t...

A intensidade utilizada em um programa de treinamento de força (TF) é um componente da carga importante para a correta monitoração e progressão do treinamento. Sua acertada manipulação é condição para maximizar o desempenho e resultados, promovendo mudanças morfológicas, aumento da força e outras adaptações fisiológicas esperadas pela prática regul...

O objetivo do presente estudo foi verificar se protocolos de treinamento de força (TF) com número de repetições equalizado e diferentes intensidades produzem respostas distintas no lactato sanguíneo. A amostra foi composta por 10 homens hígidos (idade: 25,4 ± 3,2 anos; estatura: 1,8 ± 0,1 m; massa corporal total: 78,2 ± 9,1 kg; experiência no TF: 1...

Os benefícios do treinamento de força (TF) têm sido amplamente descritos pela literatura. Entre eles, destacam-se incrementos na força e massa muscular. A manipulação das variáveis agudas do TF pode induzir aumentos de diferentes magnitudes em tais adaptações. Nesse sentido, a prescrição sistematizada e individual do exercício pode ser uma ferramen...

A manipulação das diferentes variáveis do treinamento de força (TF) resulta em respostas específicas, tanto crônica quanto agudamente. Usualmente, treinadores e/ou praticantes do TF alteram periodicamente o volume, intensidade, pausas e/ou velocidade de execução, objetivando perturbar o equilíbrio orgânico e promover novas adaptações, sejam elas de...

RESUMO Introdução: A realização de séries múltiplas de forma agrupada para o mesmo grupamento muscular pode causar uma progressiva redução na capacidade de sustentação da produção de força, por outro lado, alternar a execução de exercícios em blocos de séries pode minimizar tal efeito. Objetivo: Comparar o desempenho de força antes e após dois dife...

Em um programa de Treinamento de Força, com diversos objetivos, a intensidade da carga é um fator primordial para maximizar a performance, sendo sua correta manipulação e administração, condição essencial para que as mudanças morfológicas e adaptações fisiológicas promovam o resultado pretendido ou o melhor possível para determinado indivíduo. Em l...

The aim of the present study was to compare acute neuromuscular responses and muscle thickness of a resistance training session with continuous-vs. grouped-sets. The experimental procedures were performed across three sessions in a crossover and random fashion. During the first session, all subjects were familiarized and the 10RM load was determine...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the acute subjective responses to a single RT session with continuous-and grouped-sets distributions in resistance-trained men. There were three sessions in a crossover/random fashion. On the first session, all subjects were familiarized and their biceps curl 10RM load was determined. The sessions we...

Introdução: A área de secção transversa (AST) muscular anatômica e o volume muscular (VM) são importantes preditores da força e potência muscular. A mensuração da espessura muscular (EM) através de ultrassonografia está estreitamente associada com a AST anatômica e VM em músculos dos membros inferiores. A literatura científica apresenta estudos que...

Introdução: A utilização de métodos que combinam variações de exercícios e séries é comum na prática do treinamento de força. Realizar séries contínuas para o mesmo exercício pode causar uma progressiva redução no número total de repetições, por outro lado, alternar exercícios em grupos de séries pode minimizar tal efeito. Objetivo: Comparar o núme...

Germano MD, Sindorf MAG, Crisp AH, Braz TV, Brigatto FA, Zaroni RS, Cartarozzi DF, Cunha LG, Evangelista, AL, Lopes CR. Different Passive Recovery Times between Repeated Maximal Sprints Influence in Performance and Lactate Removal. JEPonline 2017;20(5):80-89. This study investigated the influence of different passive recoveries on lactate removal a...

Relation between Different Variables of Vertical Jumps and Sprints in Brazilian Professional Soccer Players. JEPonline 2017;20(1):33-46. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between different variables of vertical jumps and sprints in professional soccer players. The study consisted of 25 Brazilian elite soccer players (28.1 ±...

The objective of this study was to present a descriptive case study with daily monitoring of the internal training load (ITL) according to the heart rate variability (HRV) in an amateur road running athlete. The subject was male (24 yrs old, 67.8 kg, 168 cm, %fat = 13%, 7 yrs of training, 3 times·wk-1 in the last 6 months, 6 to 7 hrs·wk-1) with no...