Annals of Biological Research
Abstract
Author(s): Ahmad Hemmatfar, Hossein Lashini
The purpose of this study is the effect of a short- term consumption of creatine monohydrate supplement along with
selected plyometrics training on some anaerobic performance of wrestlers aged 16-20 in wrestling schools team of
Toyserkan city. Twenty- four qualified wrestlers were selected out of 62 wrestlers in high school team, and they
were grouped randomly in three equal groups; creatine (8), placebo (8) and control group (8). In creatine group the
subjects consumed creatine along with selected trainings for the purpose of creatine loading, in a way that they
required to daily consume 20 grams of creatine monohydrate supplement, and following their consumption with
daily 5 grams of creatine for two weeks. The placebo group were treated as same as the creatine group, the only
difference was that they consumed wheat flour instead of creatine. The results analysis were conducted at a
significant and meaningful level (p< 0/05) using independent and dependent t implicational statistics .Results
showed that muscle strength in leg press movement, body weight, circumference of arm and right thigh and lean
body mass increased significantly but fat percentage, reduced clearly.
