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New Websites for Strength and Conditioning Journal and Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
The Strength and Conditioning Journal and Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research both have new websites located on Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' new online journals platform. Here are some of the changes to the NSCA journal websites:
New presentation of content, such as featured articles, Editor's Picks, "Most Viewed" and "Most Emailed" papers and more.
New options for article delivery, including an enhanced HTML format for easier on-screen reading.
New ways to customize the site, including saved searches, personal article collections, e-mail and RSS alerts, and more.
New capabilities, such as exporting references into your favorite citation manager and exporting figures from full-text articles into PowerPoint.
Ready access to Publish-Ahead-of-Print papers, upcoming topics, and easy-to-find supplementary materials and media.
Login to the NSCA with your member ID number and follow the links for "Journals" to view the new online platforms. (6/30/2009)
Alterations in Pain Perception After Resistance Exercise Performed in the Morning and Evening
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether changes in experimentally induced pain perception after acute resistance exercise (RE) are influenced by the time of day that RE is performed. Twenty-one recreationally trained (>1 year of regular recreational RE participation) young men (mean age = 21 years) completed 2 acute RE sessions at different times of day. One RE session was performed between 6:00 and 8:00 in the morning, and the other was performed between 6:00 and 8:00 in the evening. The RE sessions consisted of completing 3 sets of 10 repetitions for 4 different exercises at 75% of each individual's 1-repetition maximum. Assessments of pain threshold and pain ratings were obtained during exposure to an experimentally induced pressure pain stimulus before and after (1 and 15 minutes) each bout of RE. The results revealed that, irrespective of the time of day RE was performed, pain threshold increased significantly (p < 0.01) at 1 minute after exercise. Pain ratings were also found to be significantly (p < 0.01) lower at 1 minute after RE in both the morning and evening. It is concluded that acute RE results in alterations in the perception of experimentally induced pressure pain and that this hypoalgesic response is not influenced by the time of day that RE is performed.
Focht, BC and Koltyn, KF. Alterations in pain perception after resistance exercise performed in the morning and evening. J Strength Cond Res 23(3): 891-897, 2009
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(6/30/2009)