Wearing Colored Glasses can Influence Exercise Performance and Testosterone concentration?

André M. Londe; Moacir Marocolo; Isabela Coelho Marocolo; James Fisher; Octavio Barbosa Neto; Markus Vinicius Campos Souza; Gustavo Ribeiro da Mota

doi:10.1055/a-0601-7250

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sports Med Int Open 2018; 02(02): E46-E51
DOI: 10.1055/a-0601-7250

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Wearing Colored Glasses can Influence Exercise Performance and Testosterone concentration?

André M. Londe

¹Human Performance and Sport Research Group, Department of Sport Science/Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil

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Moacir Marocolo

²Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Physiology, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

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Isabela Coelho Marocolo

¹Human Performance and Sport Research Group, Department of Sport Science/Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil

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James Fisher

³Centre for Health, Exercise & Sport Science, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Octavio Barbosa Neto

¹Human Performance and Sport Research Group, Department of Sport Science/Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil

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Markus Vinicius Campos Souza

¹Human Performance and Sport Research Group, Department of Sport Science/Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil

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Gustavo Ribeiro da Mota

¹Human Performance and Sport Research Group, Department of Sport Science/Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil

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Abstract

Perception of red color is associated with higher testosterone concentration and better human performance. Thus, we evaluated the acute effects of wearing colored-lens glasses on the YoYo intermittent endurance exercise test 2 (YoYoIE2) performance indicators and testosterone concentration. Ten soccer players performed three YoYoIE2 (counterbalanced crossover) wearing colorless (control), blue- or red-lensed glasses (2–4 days of rest in between). YoYoIE2 performance did not differ among the trials (p>0.05), but blood testosterone increased post-exercise in red compared to red baseline (red=14%, effect size=0.75). Analysis showed faster heart rate recovery (p<0.05) at 1 min post-test for blue compared to red lenses. Rating of perceived exertion and blood lactate concentration did not differ (p>0.05) among the trials. Wearing red-colored lenses during high-intensity intermittent exercise increased testosterone concentration, but do not influence performance.

Key words

hormones - color perception - ergogenic - exercise & sport - soccer

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