THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF WARM-UP PROTOCOLS BEFORE TRICEPS DIPS EXERCISE ON MUSCLE ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION DURING THE TRAINING

This study is to investigate the effects on regional warm-up protocols right before the strength workout on muscle electrical activities during the contraction. For this purpose, 44 healthy volunteers are included (22 female age: 19.9 yrs ±1.7, weight: 54.1 ±8.2, height: 165.3 ±6.3; 22 male age: 20.7 yrs ±1.7, weight: 68.4 ±10.1, height: 173.2 ±6.11). As strength workout method, 3 sets 10 repetitive triceps dips movement was used. Work schedule was decided to be 5 days, and on the first day, maximum isometric voluntary contraction (MIVC) of participants during triceps dips movement was determined. This value is important in normalizing the values obtained from other variables. On the other days, passive (no warm-up), 5 minutes of elliptical trainer, static stretching and massage warm-up protocols were randomly applied just before the training. During the 3 sets and 10 repetitive triceps dips movement, electoral activities of the muscle were recorded after every one of the sets by using electromyography (EMG) of triceps muscle of the participant’s dominant arm. For the statistical evaluation, average of the values from 3 sets was used. For statistical analyzes, ANOVA test and independent samples t-test were used. As a result, it was found that warm-up protocols make no difference in muscle electrical activation (p>0.05). But when it comes to the difference of warm-up protocols in genders, it has been found that female participants have more muscle electrical activation during the exercises after passive, stretching and massage warm-up protocols (p0.05). As a result of the study, it is thought that mixed exercises or more intensive and active warming protocols before the mixed sports like korfball support the wipeout the difference between genders in muscle electrical activation