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Effects of Training Volume on Hormones and Mood in Basketball Players

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International Journal of Stress Management

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Mood and basal hormone levels were measured before and after a 4-month training period in 20 professional basketball players on 2 different teams. Training volume was daily quantified by intensities, showing that Team 1 trained nearly twofold the volume of Team 2. Apart from the lack of differences between teams in anthropometric and physical variables, results showed mood improvements in the total sample without differences between teams. However, cortisol levels decreased in Team 1 and increased in Team 2, while the free testosterone–cortisol ratio, free testosterone, prolactin, and luteinizing hormone did not show significant changes. Changes in cortisol were positively related to depression and negatively related to training volume. Results suggest that differences exist in sensitivity and/or timing of both psychological and hormonal responses to 2 given volumes of training.

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    Esperanza González-Bono, Miguel Angel Serrano, Luis Moya-Albiol & Sonia Martínez-Sanchis

  2. Departamento de Psicobiología y Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Apartado 22109, 46071, Valencia, Spain

    Alicia Salvador

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González-Bono, E., Salvador, A., Serrano, M.A. et al. Effects of Training Volume on Hormones and Mood in Basketball Players. International Journal of Stress Management 9, 263–273 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019978115419

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