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Introduction:
Plyometric training significantly improves strength performance, including in aquatic sports.
Objective:
To compare changes in thigh girth, hamstring flexibility, squat jump height, and 200m swimming trial time induced by plyometric training in recreationally-trained swimmers.
Methods:
Eighteen recreationally-trained male swimmers (...
Plyometric training and beta-alanine supplementation are common among soccer players, although its synergistic use had never been tested. Therefore, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to compare the effects of a plyometric training program, with or without beta-alanine supplementation, on maximal-intensity and endura...
Older women participated in a 12-week high-speed resistance training program under two supervisor-to-subject ratio methods (i.e., high versus low supervision) in order to assess its effects on muscle strength, power, functional performance, and quality of life assessed before (T1) and after (T2) intervention. Women were divided into control group (...
Objective
This study aimed to compare the effects of two frequencies of high-speed resistance training (HSRT) on physical performance and quality of life of older women.
Methods
A total of 24 older women participated in a 12-week HSRT program composed of either two or three sessions/week (equated for volume and intensity). Women were randomized in...
The aim of this study was to compare the effects of a jump training program, with or without haltere type handheld loading, on maximal intensity exercise performance. Youth soccer players (12.1±2.2 y) were assigned to either a jump training group (JG, n=21), a jump training group plus haltere type handheld loading (LJG, n=21), or a control group fo...
BACKGROUND: To compare maximal-intensity exercise adaptations in young basketball players (who were strong individuals at baseline) participating in regular basketball training versus regular plus a volume-based plyometric training program in the pre-season period.
METHODS: Young basketball players were recruited and assigned either to a plyometri...
Objectives: to investigate the effects of a six-week plyometric training and creatine supplementation intervention on maximal-intensity and endurance performance in female soccer players during in-season training.
Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Methods: Young (age 22.9 ± 2.5 y) female players with similar training load a...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the concurrent validity and reliability of the iPhone app named My Jump for measuring jump height in 40 cm drop jumps (DJ), countermovement jumps (CMJ) and squat jumps (SJ). To do this, 21 male and female athletes (age, 22.1 ± 3.6 y) completed five maximal DJ, CMJ and SJ in two separate days, which were evalu...
Human performance efficiency and effectiveness in different sports depends to a large extent on the size, weight and proportion of the physique of the athlete. The aim of this study was to identify morphological characteristics of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) wrestlers. The sample consisted of 25 highly trained male wrestlers who were separated accord...
Integrating spe-cific training methods to improve explosive actions and endur-ance in youth soccer is an essential part of players' development. This study investigated the efficiency of short-term vertical plyometric training program within soccer practice to improve both explosive actions and endurance in young soccer players. Seventy-six players...
Ramírez-Campillo, R, Meylan, C, Álvarez, C, Henríquez-Olguín, C, Martínez, C, Cañas-Jamett, R, Andrade, DC, and Izquierdo, M. Effects of in-season low-volume high-intensity plyometric training on explosive actions and endurance of young soccer players. J Strength Cond Res 28(5): 1335-1342, 2014-Integrating specific training methods to improve explo...
The objective of this study was to establish differences in vagal reactivation, through heart rate recovery and heart rate variability post exercise, in Brazilian jiu-jitsu wrestlers (BJJW). A total of 18 male athletes were evaluated, ten highly trained (HT) and eight moderately trained (MT), who performed a maximum incremental test. At the end of...
The aim of this study was to describe the somatotype of Chilean professional soccer players, and to determine the variability in the somatotype by playing position. One hundred professional male players (age 23±4.4) participants in the Chilean national soccer championship were included in the study. We performed the measurement of 10 anthropometric...
The aim of this study was to describe the somatotype of Chilean professional soccer players, and to determine the variability in the somatotype by playing position. One hundred professional male players (age 23 +/- 4.4) participants in the Chilean national soccer championship were included in the study. We performed the measurement of 10 anthropome...
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to establish differences in vagal reactivation, through heart rate recovery and heart rate variability post exercise, in Brazilian jiu-jitsu wrestlers (BJJW). A total of 18 male athletes were evaluated, ten highly trained (HT) and eight moderately trained (MT), who performed a maximum incremental test. At t...
