Aggon, EserAgirbas, OzturkAlp, Hamit HakanUcan, IzzetGursoy, RecepHackney, Anthony C.2025-05-102025-05-1020202080-12972080-999910.29359/BJHPA.12.3.012-s2.0-85145689652https://doi.org/10.29359/BJHPA.12.3.01https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/13992Alp, Hamit Hakan/0000-0002-9202-4944Background: The aim of this study was to determine hormonal responses to acute and chronic exposure to static and dynamic strength training programs using resistance bands in boxers. Material and methods: 19 male national boxers participated in the study. Boxers were instructed to perform strength exercises with resistance bands for 3 days a week for 8 weeks involving either dynamic (n=10) or static (n=9) resistance exercises. Blood samples were taken before exercise, immediately after the initial exercise session, and 8 weeks later following the last exercise session. Cortisol, growth hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone adrenaline and noradrenaline levels were measured. Statistical analyses involved non-parametric analysis with an alpha level of .05. Results: Dynamic strength exercises were effective stimuli to growth hormone, adrenaline and noradrenaline, while static strength exercises provoked cortisol, growth hormone, adrenaline and noradrenaline responses both initially after exercise and after 8 weeks of chronic training. Neither dynamic nor static strength exercises were effective in prompting adrenocorticotropic changes after an exercise session or after 8 weeks of training. Conclusions: We showed that dynamic and static strength exercise protocols using resistance bands both could provoke acute and chronic hormonal responses in boxers similar to more traditional modes of such exercise.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDynamic StrengthStatic StrengthExerciseHormonesArticle123N/AQ311033088594WOS:000576775700001