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Breakfast omission reduces subsequent resistance exercise performance

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posted on 2019-08-06, 10:24 authored by Mohamed Naharudin, Ashril Yusof, Harry Shaw, Matthew Stockton, David Clayton, Lewis JamesLewis James
Although much research has examined the influence of morning carbohydrate intake (i.e., breakfast) on endurance performance, little is known about its effects on performance in resistance-type exercise. Sixteen resistance-trained men (age 23 ± 4 years, body mass 77.56 ± 7.13 kg, and height 1.75 ± 0.04 m) who regularly (≥3 day/wk) consumed breakfast completed this study. After assessment of 10 repetition maximum (10RM) and familiarization process, subjects completed 2 randomized trials. After an overnight fast, subjects consumed either a typical breakfast meal (containing 1.5 g of carbohydrate/kg; breakfast consumption [BC]) or a water-only breakfast (breakfast omission [BO]). Two hours later, subjects performed 4 sets to failure of back squat and bench press at 90% of their 10RM. Sensations of hunger, fullness, desire to eat, and prospective food consumption were collected before, as well as immediately, 1 hour and 2 hours after BC/BO using 100-mm visual analogue scales. Total repetitions completed were lower during BO for both back squat (BO: 58 ± 11 repetitions; BC: 68 ± 14 repetitions; effect size [ES] = 0.98; p < 0.001) and bench press (BO: 38 ± 5 repetitions; BC: 40 ± 5 repetitions; ES = 1.06; p < 0.001). Fullness was greater, whereas hunger, desire to eat, and prospective food consumption were lower after a meal for BC compared with BO (p < 0.001). The results of this study demonstrate that omission of a pre-exercise breakfast might impair resistance exercise performance in habitual breakfast consumers. Therefore, consumption of a high-carbohydrate meal before resistance exercise might be a prudent strategy to help maximize performance.

Funding

Research Management and Monitoring Research Fund— PG170-2014B

University of Malaya Research Grant— UM.0000215/HRU.OP/RU027-2015

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volume

33

Issue

7

Pages

1766 - 1772

Publisher

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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© National Strength and Conditioning Association

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This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in: Bin Naharudin, MN, Yusof, A, Shaw, H, Stockton, M, Clayton, DJ, and James, LJ. Breakfast omission reduces subsequent resistance exercise performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 33(7): 1766–1772, 2019.

Publication date

2019-07-01

Copyright date

2019

ISSN

1064-8011

eISSN

1533-4287

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Lewis James

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