Presentation of Lacto-Resistance Training Method and Comparing Its Effect on Muscle Hypertrophy with Traditional Resistance Training In Professional Bodybuilders

Manipulating of training variables with the aim to augment muscle metabolic stress could result in muscle hypertrophy.The purpose of the current study was to present a lacto-resistance training method and to compare its effect on rectus femoris muscle hypertrophy with traditional resistance training.

Twenty- four male professional bodybuilders were randomly divided into three groups based on muscle cross-section area: lacto-resistance (n=8), traditional-resistance (n=8) and control (n=8). The comparison of metabolic stress between two types of exercise was done using monitoring blood lactate and urea following squat exercise. Muscle cross-section area and strength were measured by sonography and one repetition maximum (1RM), respectively, before and after 4 weeks of resistance training.  Analysis of covariance was used to evaluate inter – and intra groups differences.

Compared to the baseline values, blood lactate levels significantly increased following squat exercise in both lacto-resistance (10.76±1.35) and traditional–resistance (7.70±1.16) groups, and the changes in blood lactate was significant between two groups (P˂0.05). After 4 weeks of resistance training, the changes in rectus femoris muscle cross-section had a significant difference only in lacto-resistance group in comparison to its own baseline values (P˂0.05) and the control group (P˂0.05). Compared to the baseline values, 1RM measured in squat exercise significantly increased in both experimental groups (P˂0.01), the difference between groups was significant, and lacto-resistance group had higher values than those from the traditional-resistance group (P˂0.05).

Compared to the traditional resistance training, Lacto-resistance training induces a higher metabolic stress and its effects on muscle hypertrophy and strength are more impressive.