Estratégias de autosseleção para variáveis do treinamento resistido: revisão integrativa

Abstract

Resistance Training (RT) is a well-established form of physical conditioning for different populations that aim to increase physical fitness, and is considered the main method for improving levels of strength, power and muscular hypertrophy. Evidence proves that adaptation to training is optimized when the training program is adapted to the athlete's needs. Therefore, monitoring the load and intensity of training is essential to achieve the desired results. Load self-selection has proven to be an effective tool for controlling intensity in aerobic exercises, however load self-selection in resistance training is still poorly studied. Thus, the present study aims to characterize the use of the self-selection strategy of resistance training variables, so that through data and results analysis, more

professionals in the field of physical education can understand the influence of self- selection on resistance training, its implications and effectiveness in achieving desired

intensity levels. This is an integrative literature review, in which searches were carried out in articles and scientific works to answer the study's guiding question: How is the use of the self-selection strategy in resistance training characterized? Searches were carried out in the Scielo and PubMed databases. In the electronic search, the keywords “Resistance Training”, “Strength Exercise”, “Resistance Exercise”, “Weight Lifting”,

“Weight Training”, “Strength Training”, “Self-Selected”, “Autoregulation” and “ Self- Regulated", using the Boolean operators "on and and" between the key words to better

refine the search. A publication period for articles was not delimited during the search. 34 studies on self-selection in resistance training were selected, the results demonstrate the range of self-selection strategies adopted during the TR, highlighting the complexity in the influence of these choices on the results obtained by practitioners.The findings of this research show us that self-selection can represent a strategy to promote adaptations in the practitioner's performance during the TR.