Aumento de força máxima após privação visual em homens saudáveis

The objective of the present study was to analyze the possible changes in strength by means of a maximal repetition (1RM) with and without visual deprivation. The sample consisted of 20 male participants, aged 23.60 ± 3.15 years, body weight 83.65 ± 8.76 kg, height 1.80 ± 0.07 cm, BMI 25.86 ± 2.40 kg / m 2, healthy, adept at strength training. The test sessions were performed for the exercises: Horizontal supine (SH) and leg press 45 ° (LP). Student's t test was used to compare the 1RM tests in different methodologies (with and without visual deprivation). The use of eye sales stimulated significant increases in 1RM loading surveys in relation to non-use of horizontal bench press (0.7% p <0.001) and leg press 45 ° (8.5% p <0.001). The results demonstrate that the use of sales (visual deprivation) can result in the increase of the displaced overload, reaching the true capacity of lifting of load in trained men. Concluding that without visual deprivation, individuals are likely to underestimate their performance by visualizing the overhead used, failing to realize their true maximum load.