The addition of β-Hydroxy β-Methylbutyrate (HMB) to creatine monohydrate supplementation does not improve anthropometric and performance maintenance across a collegiate rugby season

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Study design and timeline

Fig. 2 Changes in circulating concentrations of a) cortisol and b) creatine kinase over the course of the fall and spring rugby seasons. # = Different (p <  0.10) from PRE_FALL

Table 1 Changes in body composition and muscle morphology over the course of the fall and spring rugby seasons

Table 2 Changes in maximal and rapid torque production of the knee extensors and flexors over the course of the fall and spring rugby seasons

Fig. 3 Changes in kinetics during a low-resistance sprint over the course of the fall and spring rugby seasons. * = Significantly (p <  0.05) different from PRE_FALL; ‡ = Significantly (p <  0.05) different from POST_FALL

Fig. 4 Changes in kinetics during a high-resistance sprint over the course of the fall and spring rugby seasons

Table 3 Rate of change in kinetics during acceleration phase of 40-m sprint against low- and high-resistance over the course of the fall and spring rugby seasons

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.