The Effect of a Course of Glutamine Supplementation on Anaerobic Power of Adolescent Wrestlers in Khorramabad

Abstract

The present study was conducted to compare the effect of a course of glutamine supplementation on anaerobic power of adolescent wrestlers in Khorramabad. For this purpose, 30 elite wrestlers from Khorramabad with an average age of (23.3±3.3 years), average weight (73.6±7.2 kg), and average height (172.8±4.8 cm) were selected voluntarily and randomly divided into two experimental groups of 15 (glutamine supplementation and regular wrestling exercises) and a control group (wrestling exercises only). Glutamine supplementation was administered for 10 sessions (0.3 g of supplement per kilogram of body weight per day for five days). 24 hours before the start of the study and 24 hours after the last supplement loading session, the anaerobic power of the two groups was calculated using the Wingate test (30 seconds). Data analysis was performed using independent and dependent t-tests using SPSS version 16 software. The results showed that glutamine supplementation significantly increased the anaerobic power of the experimental group (P = 0.036).