The Effect of Exercise and Presleep Nutrition on Muscle Connective Tissue Remodelling

Conditions de participation

• Sexe:

  ALL

• Âges admissibles:

  18 to 35

Critères de participation

Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy, recreationally active, male and female participants.
* Healthy will be defined as someone who does not have a health condition that would compromise their ability to safely participate in the strenuous physical activity involved in our study as screened for by the Get Active Questionnaire.
* Willing to abstain from resistance exercise for 2 weeks prior to the first metabolic trial and for the duration of the study.
* Participants must be able to abstain from lower-body resistance and/or plyometric exercise for at least 2 weeks prior to the first metabolic trial.
* Participants will be aged 18-35 years old.
* Participants must be normal to overweight (e.g., BMI 18.5-30).
* Participants are willing to abide by the compliance rules of this study (e.g., abstain from physical activity and alcohol 48h prior to each trial).
* Self-reported regular menstrual cycle (25-35d) within the last 3 months (female participants).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to adhere to any of the compliance rules judged by principal investigator or medical doctor.
* Self-reported regular tobacco use.
* Self-reported illicit drug use (e.g. growth hormone, testosterone, etc.).
* Regular use of anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., ibuprofen).
* Self-reported regularly sleeping less than an average of 7 hours over 3 days (minimum recommended daily amount).
* Individuals who have participated in studies within the past year involving any of the stable isotopes in the study.
* Use of birth control and discontinued use in the last 3-months (female only).