Glycemia Analysis in Two Different CrossFit[R] Benchmark Protocols

Mota MR, Brandao HCP, Alencastro G, Elias R, Ribeiro A, Ribeiro ALA, Chaves SN, Cleto F, Silva AO, Clael S. Glycemia Analysis in Two Different CrossFit[R] Benchmark Protocols. JEPonline 2021;24(2):1-8. Due to its format of being flexible, varied, and intense, CrossFit[R] is considered a high-intensity training method that increases glucose due to the hormones released to promote a greater supply of substrate in the body as an energy source to perform physical activity. The purpose of this study was to compare glycemia in 2 different CrossFit[R] benchmark protocols, DIANE and CINDY. Twenty trained male subjects were assigned to 2 Groups, the CrossFit[R] Group (n = 10) and the non-CrossFit[R] Group (n = 10). Both Groups performed the protocols, DIANE and CINDY, with an interval of 7 days between them. The glycemia was assessed in 4 moments: (a) pre-test; (b) post-test; (c) 30 min; and (d) 60 min after the exercise. There was no significant difference at any moment between the DIANE and CINDY Groups (P>0.05), although both showed a glycemic increase to the pre-test moment. There was no difference in glycogen consumption between the DIANE and CINDY protocols. Both showed the same behavior in the oscillation of blood glucose. Key Words: CINDY, DIANE, Glycemia, Rounds for Time