Effect of Iron Bisglycinate on Muscle Strength in Weightlifting

Yıl 2016, Cilt 4 - Sayı 4, 422 - 430, 28.12.2016

Zafar İqbal Butt Muhammad Abdul Jabar Adnan

Öz

Iron is an unconditional necessity for nearly everyone’s life, together with human being and
the majority bacterial groups, both animals and plants utilize iron; therefore, iron is available
in a broad diversity of foodstuff resources. For managing Iron Deficiency with maximum
absorption and safety Iron Bisglycinate Chelate (Ferrochel) can be used which is Protein
Chelated Iron. Weightlifting, likewise termed Olympic-style weightlifting is an athletic sort in
the contemporary Olympic package in which the competitor endeavors a greatest weight
single lift of a barbell encumbered by means of weight plates. This study was conducted on
elite class Weightlifters of Pakistan with an objective to measure the effects of Iron
Bisglycinate on increase in muscle strength and power which was measured through the
change in lifting best total of weightlifters. A total No. of 40 weightlifters were selected and
divided into two groups as experiment and control group and one treated with ferrochel
whereas other group with placebo and found a marked change in average lifting best total
(21.5Kg) and average blood hemoglobin level (5.09gm/dL) of experiment group in in
comparison to control group. On behalf of these results, researchers suggest that there should
be proper supplementation of Iron Bisglycinate Chelate to all strength sports players for better
outcomes in their strength sports outcomes. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Weightlifting, Iron Bisglycinate, Muscle strength, Ferrochel

Kaynakça

• Andrews NC (December 1999). "Disorders of iron metabolism". N. Engl. J. Med. 341(26): 1986- 1995.