Acute Plasma Glucose and Lipoproteins Responses to a Single Session of Wrestling Techniques-Based Circuit Exercise (WTBCE) in Male Elite Wrestlers

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

Introduction: It has been shown that regular endurance exercise is a widely recognized modality to raise 
plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, but the results reported in studies of the effect of 
supra-maximal /maximal high intensity or power and anaerobic based sports and exercise on lipoprotein are 
conflicting. Objectives: The purposes of the present study were to investigate the effect of a single session of 
wrestling technique–based circuit exercise (WTBCE) on acute responses of glucose and lipoprotein profiles 
and the time course change of these metabolites. Methods: Twenty young, male elite wrestlers (age 20 ± .6 
year, height 172.6 ± 2.10 cm, weight 71.05 ± 3.71 kg., and 24.54 ± 0.63 kg/m2 in BMI) volunteered to 
participate in the present study. Design and Exercise Protocol: Subjects were asked to complete a single 
WTBCE (10 techniques or stations separated by 10m, 3 non-stops circuits for 2 sets and one competitive 
wrestling practice). Blood samples were collected 30min before, immediately after the exercise, and 30min 
after the exercise. Repeated Measures Analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Results: Plasma 
glucose and HDL-C were significantly (p <0.001, 0.04) changed. There was no significant change in TG and 
TC concentrations. Conclusion: The present data indicate that a WTBCE was able to generate an acute 
change in HDL-C and glucose concentration and it can be considered as a stimulus for improvement of plasma 
HDL-C levels

Keywords

• : Plasma glucose
• Lipoproteins
• HDL-C
• Wrestling technique-based circuit exercise

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