Overtraining is a real problem for (semi-)professional athletes. Overtraining is often caused by the bodies' lack of ability to recover between training. In addition, during high intensity training reactive oxygen species are formed up to 20 fold compared to resting values. This causes increased muscle tissue damage after intense exercise, which slows down recovery. Improving recovery may increase an athlete's ability to reach higher training volumes resulting in establishing a higher performance plateau. It is known that hydrolyzed proteins have a positive effect on muscle protein synthesis due to its faster absorption rate. Therefore, it is hypothesized that a known protein hydrolysate may have positive effects on strength recovery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
48
Muscle strength recovery
difference in peak force between the exhaustion challenge and the recovery challenge, measured with a linear encoder during a squat exercise
Time frame: 4 weeks
Blood lactate buildup
in mmol/L, measured trough a finger prick after exhaustion and recovery challenge
Time frame: 4 weeks
Body composition
fat percentage, based on 4-point skin fold measurement
Time frame: 4 weeks
Exercise volume
amount of repetitions x time taken x power, measured with a linear encoder during squat exercise
Time frame: 4 weeks
Peak force output
measured with a linear encoder during the squat exercise
Time frame: 4 weeks
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