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2. The Training and Tapering Practices of Highland Games Heavy Event Athletes
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Winwood, Paul W., Keogh, Justin W.L., Travis, S. Kyle, Grieve, Ian, and Pritchard, Hayden J.
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Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text.Winwood, PW, Keogh, JW, Travis, SK, Grieve, I, and Pritchard, HJ. The training and tapering practices of Highland Games heavy event athletes. J Strength Cond Res38(3): e116–e124, 2024—This study provides the first empirical evidence of how Highland Games heavy event athletes train and taper for Highland Games competitions. Athletes (n= 169) (mean ± SD: age 40.8 ± 10.7 years, height 181.2 ± 9.5 cm, weight 107.2 ± 23.0 kg, 18.8 ± 10.3 years of general resistance training, and 8.1 ± 6.9 years of competitive Highland Games experience) completed a self-reported 4-page online survey on training and tapering practices. Analysis by sex (male and female) and competitive standard (local or regional, national, and international) was conducted. Seventy-eight percent (n= 132) of athletes reported that they used a taper. Athletes stated that their taper length was 5.2 ± 3.5 days, with the step (36%) and linear tapers (33%) being the most performed. Athletes reported that their highest training volume and intensity were 5.5 and 3.8 weeks out (respectively) from competition, and all training ceased 2.4 ± 1.4 days before competition. Training volume decreased during the taper by 34%. Athletes typically stated that, tapering was performed to achieve recovery, peak performance, and injury prevention; training intensity, frequency, and duration stayed the same or decreased; game-specific training increased with reductions in traditional exercises; the caber toss, weight for height, and heavy weight throw were performed further out from competition than other events; muscular power and strength were the most common types of training performed; static stretching, foam rolling, and massage were strategies used in the taper; and poor tapering occurred because of life/work circumstances, lack of sleep/rest, or training too heavy/hard. These results may aid Highland Games athletes to optimize training and tapering variables leading to improved performances.
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- 2024
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3. The Competition-Day Preparation Strategies of Strongman Athletes
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Winwood, Paul W., Pritchard, Hayden J., Wilson, Daniel, Dudson, Mike, and Keogh, Justin W. L.
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- 2019
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4. The Tapering Practices of Competitive Weightlifters
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Paul W. Winwood, Justin W. L. Keogh, S. Kyle Travis, and Hayden J. Pritchard
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Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,General Medicine - Abstract
Winwood, PW, Keogh, JW, Travis, SK, and Pritchard, HJ. The tapering practices of competitive weightlifters. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2022-This study explored the tapering strategies of weightlifting athletes. Weightlifting athletes (n = 146) (mean ± SD; age: 29.2 ± 8.7 years, height: 172.5 ± 10.1 cm, body mass: 84.0 ± 17.2 kg, 4.7 ± 3.4 years of weightlifting training experience, and 3.9 ± 3.3 years of competitive weightlifting experience) completed a self-reported 4-page, 39-item internet survey on tapering practices. Subgroup analysis by sex (male and female) and competitive standard (local or regional, national and international level) was conducted. Ninety-nine percent (n = 144) of weightlifting athletes reported they used a taper. Athletes stated that their typical taper length was 8.0 ± 4.4 days, with the linear (36%) and step tapers (33%) being the most performed. Training volume decreased during the taper by 43.1 ± 14.6%, and athletes ceased all training 1.5 ± 0.6 days out from competition. Muscular strength, light technique work, and aerobic conditioning were the most common types of training performed in the taper. Athletes typically stated that tapering was performed to achieve rest and recovery, physical preparation for peak performance and mental preparation; training intensity and training duration decreased whereas training frequency remained the same or decreased; traditional exercises were performed further out from competition than weightlifting exercises; assistance exercises and some strength work were reduced; nutritional changes, foam rolling, static stretching, and massage were strategies used in the taper; and poor tapering occurred because of training too heavy, too hard, or too light and life-work circumstances. These results may aid athletes and coaches in strength sports to optimize tapering variables leading to improved performances.
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- 2022
5. The Tapering Practices of Competitive Weightlifters
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Winwood, Paul W., primary, Keogh, Justin W. L., additional, Travis, S. Kyle, additional, and Pritchard, Hayden J., additional
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- 2022
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6. Short-Term Training Cessation as a Method of Tapering to Improve Maximal Strength
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Pritchard, Hayden J., Barnes, Matthew J., Stewart, Robin J.C., Keogh, Justin W.L., and McGuigan, Michael R.
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- 2018
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7. Characterizing the Tapering Practices of United States and Canadian Raw Powerlifters
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Caleb D. Bazyler, Michael H. Stone, Iñigo Mujika, Hayden J Pritchard, S. Kyle Travis, and Jeremy A. Gentles
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Male ,Canada ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Competition level ,Weight Lifting ,Demographics ,business.industry ,Posture ,Repetition maximum ,Resistance Training ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Tapering ,Squat ,General Medicine ,Bench press ,United States ,Exercise Therapy ,Training intensity ,Physical therapy ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Muscle Strength ,business - Abstract
Travis, SK, Pritchard, HJ, Mujika, I, Gentles, JA, Stone, MH, and Bazyler, CD. Characterizing the tapering practices of United States and Canadian raw powerlifters. J Strength Cond Res 35(12S): S26-S35, 2021-The purpose of this study was to characterize the tapering practices used by North American powerlifters. A total of 364 powerlifters completed a 41-item survey encompassing demographics, general training, general tapering, and specific tapering practices. Nonparametric statistics were used to assess sex (male and female), competition level (regional/provincial, national, and international), and competition lift (squat, bench press, and deadlift). The highest training volume most frequently took place 5-8 weeks before competition, whereas the highest training intensity was completed 2 weeks before competition. A step taper was primarily used over 7-10 days while decreasing the training volume by 41-50% with varied intensity. The final heavy (>85% 1 repetition maximum [1RM]) back squat and deadlift sessions were completed 7-10 days before competition, whereas the final heavy bench press session was completed
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- 2021
8. The Tapering Practices of Competitive Weightlifters
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Winwood, Paul W., Keogh, Justin W. L., Travis, S. Kyle, and Pritchard, Hayden J.
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Winwood, PW, Keogh, JW, Travis, SK, and Pritchard, HJ. The tapering practices of competitive weightlifters. J Strength Cond Res37(4): 829–839, 2023—This study explored the tapering strategies of weightlifting athletes. Weightlifting athletes (n= 146) (mean ± SD; age: 29.2 ± 8.7 years, height: 172.5 ± 10.1 cm, body mass: 84.0 ± 17.2 kg, 4.7 ± 3.4 years of weightlifting training experience, and 3.9 ± 3.3 years of competitive weightlifting experience) completed a self-reported 4-page, 39-item internet survey on tapering practices. Subgroup analysis by sex (male and female) and competitive standard (local or regional, national and international level) was conducted. Ninety-nine percent (n= 144) of weightlifting athletes reported they used a taper. Athletes stated that their typical taper length was 8.0 ± 4.4 days, with the linear (36%) and step tapers (33%) being the most performed. Training volume decreased during the taper by 43.1 ± 14.6%, and athletes ceased all training 1.5 ± 0.6 days out from competition. Muscular strength, light technique work, and aerobic conditioning were the most common types of training performed in the taper. Athletes typically stated that tapering was performed to achieve rest and recovery, physical preparation for peak performance and mental preparation; training intensity and training duration decreased whereas training frequency remained the same or decreased; traditional exercises were performed further out from competition than weightlifting exercises; assistance exercises and some strength work were reduced; nutritional changes, foam rolling, static stretching, and massage were strategies used in the taper; and poor tapering occurred because of training too heavy, too hard, or too light and life–work circumstances. These results may aid athletes and coaches in strength sports to optimize tapering variables leading to improved performances.
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- 2023
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9. The Competition-Day Preparation Strategies of Strongman Athletes
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Hayden J Pritchard, Justin W L Keogh, Paul W. Winwood, Daniel Wilson, and Mike K. Dudson
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Adult ,Male ,Competitive Behavior ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Warm-Up Exercise ,Rest ,Physical Exertion ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Dynamic stretching ,Beverages ,Competition (economics) ,Electrolytes ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Heart Rate ,Caffeine ,Muscle Stretching Exercises ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Heart rate ,Injury prevention ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Massage ,biology ,Athletes ,Resistance Training ,030229 sport sciences ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Myofascial release ,Dietary Supplements ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Foam rolling ,Arousal ,Psychology ,Warming up ,Sports - Abstract
Winwood, PW, Pritchard, HJ, Wilson, D, Dudson, M, and Keogh, JWL. The competition-day preparation strategies of strongman athletes. J Strength Cond Res 33(9): 2308-2320, 2019-This study provides the first empirical evidence of the competition-day preparation strategies used by strongman athletes. Strongman athletes (n = 132) (mean ± SD: 33.7 ± 8.1 years, 178.2 ± 11.1 cm, 107.0 ± 28.6 kg, 12.8 ± 8.0 years general resistance training, 5.9 ± 4.8 years strongman implement training) completed a self-reported 4-page internet survey on their usual competition-day preparation strategies. Analysis of the overall group and by sex, age, body mass, and competitive standard was conducted. Ninety-four percent of strongman athletes used warm-ups in competition, which were generally self-directed. The typical warm-up length was 16.0 ± 8.9 minutes, and 8.5 ± 4.3 minutes was the perceived optimal rest time before the start of an event. The main reasons for warming up were injury prevention, to increase activation, and increase blood flow/circulation, temperature, and heart rate. Athletes generally stated that competition warm-ups were practiced in training. Dynamic stretching, foam rolling, and myofascial release work were performed during warm-ups. Warm-up intensity was monitored using the rate of perceived exertion, perceived speed of movement, and training load (as a percentage of 1 repetition maximum). Cognitive strategies were used to improve competition performance, and psychological arousal levels needed to increase or be maintained in competition. Electrolyte drinks, caffeine, and preworkout supplements were the commonly used supplements. These data will provide strongman athletes and coaches some insight into common competition-day preparation strategies, which may enhance competition performances. Future research could compare different competition-day preparation strategies in an attempt to further improve strongman competition performance and injury prevention.
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10. Short-Term Training Cessation as a Method of Tapering to Improve Maximal Strength
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Michael R. McGuigan, Hayden J Pritchard, Justin W L Keogh, Robin J. C. Stewart, and Matthew J. Barnes
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Adult ,Male ,Strength training ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Tapering ,Isometric exercise ,Athletic Performance ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Bench press ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Maximal strength ,Humans ,Medicine ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Muscle Strength ,Muscle, Skeletal ,Creatine Kinase ,Cross-Over Studies ,biology ,business.industry ,Training (meteorology) ,Resistance Training ,030229 sport sciences ,General Medicine ,Crossover study ,Anesthesia ,biology.protein ,Creatine kinase ,business - Abstract
Pritchard, HJ, Barnes, MJ, Stewart, RJC, Keogh, JWL, and McGuigan, MR. Short-term training cessation as a method of tapering to improve maximal strength. J Strength Cond Res 32(2): 458-465, 2018-The aim of this study was to determine the effects of 2 different durations of training cessation on upper- and lower-body maximal strength performance and to investigate the mechanisms underlying performance changes following short-term training cessation. Eight resistance trained males (23.8 ± 5.4 years, 79.6 ± 10.2 kg, 1.80 ± 0.06 m, relative deadlift 1 repetition maximum of 1.90 ± 0.30 times bodyweight [BW]) each completed two 4-week strength training periods followed by either 3.5 days (3.68 ± 0.12 days) or 5.5 days (5.71 ± 0.13 days) of training cessation. Testing occurred pretraining (T1), on the final day of training (T2), and after each respective period of training cessation (T3). Participants were tested for salivary testosterone and cortisol, plasma creatine kinase, psychological profiles, and performance tests (countermovement jump [CMJ], isometric midthigh pull, and isometric bench press [IBP]) on a force plate. Participants' BW increased significantly over time (p = 0.022). The CMJ height and IBP peak force showed significant increases over time (p = 0.013, 0.048, and 0.004, respectively). Post hoc testing showed a significant increase between T1 and T3 for both CMJ height and IBP peak force (p = 0.022 and 0.008 with effect sizes of 0.30 and 0.21, respectively). No other significant differences were seen for any other measures. These results suggest that a short period of strength training cessation can have positive effects on maximal strength expression, perhaps because of decreases in neuromuscular fatigue.
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- 2018
11. Tapering Practices of New Zealand's Elite Raw Powerlifters
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Justin W L Keogh, Michael R. McGuigan, Matthew J. Barnes, Hayden J Pritchard, and David Tod
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Weight Lifting ,Strength training ,Repetition maximum ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Tapering ,Athletic Performance ,Strength train ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Full recovery ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Muscle Strength ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Fatigue ,business.industry ,Resistance Training ,030229 sport sciences ,General Medicine ,Weight lifting ,Training intensity ,Elite ,Physical therapy ,Female ,business ,New Zealand - Abstract
Pritchard, HJ, Tod, DA, Barnes, MJ, Keogh, JW, and McGuigan, MR. Tapering practices of New Zealand's elite raw powerlifters. J Strength Cond Res 30(7): 1796-1804, 2016-The major aim of this study was to determine tapering strategies of elite powerlifters. Eleven New Zealand powerlifters (28.4 ± 7.0 years, best Wilks score of 431.9 ± 43.9 points) classified as elite were interviewed, using semistructured interviews, about their tapering strategies. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and content analyzed. Total training volume peaked 5.2 ± 1.7 weeks from competition while average training intensity (of 1 repetition maximum) peaked 1.9 ± 0.8 weeks from competition. During tapering, volume was reduced by 58.9 ± 8.4% while intensity was maintained (or slightly reduced) and the final weight training session was performed 3.7 ± 1.6 days out from competition. Participants generally stated that tapering was performed to achieve full recovery; that accessory work was removed around 2 weeks out from competition; and deadlifting takes longer to recover from than other lifts. Typically participants stated that trial and error, and changes based on "feel" were the sources of tapering strategies; equipment used and movements performed during tapering are the same as in competition; nutrition was manipulated during the taper (for weight cutting or performance aims); and poor tapering occurred when too long (1 week or more) was taken off training. These results suggest that athletes may benefit from continuing to strength train before important events with reduced volume and maintained intensity. Only exercises that directly assist sports performance should remain in the strength program during tapering, to assist with reductions in fatigue while maintaining/improving strength expression and performance.
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- 2016
12. Tapering Practices of Strongman Athletes
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Justice K H Mclaren-Harrison, Mike K. Dudson, Justin W L Keogh, Hayden J Pritchard, Paul W. Winwood, Daniel Wilson, and Vladislav Redjkins
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Tapering ,Athletic Performance ,Static stretching ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Sex Factors ,Sex factors ,Medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Massage ,biology ,Athletes ,business.industry ,Resistance training ,Age Factors ,Resistance Training ,030229 sport sciences ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Training intensity ,Physical therapy ,Foam rolling ,Female ,business - Abstract
Winwood, PW, Dudson, MK, Wilson, D, Mclaren-Harrison, JKH, Redjkins, V, Pritchard, HJ, and Keogh, JWL. Tapering practices of strongman athletes. J Strength Cond Res 32(5): 1181-1196, 2018-This study provides the first empirical evidence of how strongman athletes taper for strongman competitions. Strongman athletes (n = 454) (mean ± SD: 33.2 ± 8.0 years, 178.1 ± 10.6 cm, 108.6 ± 27.9 kg, 12.6 ± 8.9 years general resistance training, 5.3 ± 5.0 years strongman implement training) completed a self-reported 4-page internet survey on tapering practices. Analysis by sex (male and female), age (≤30 and >30 years), body mass (≤105 and >105 kg), and competitive standard (local/regional amateur, national amateur and professional) was conducted. Eighty-seven percent (n = 396) of strongman athletes reported that they used a taper. Athletes stated that their typical taper length was 8.6 ± 5.0 days, with the step taper the most commonly performed taper (52%). Training volume decreased during the taper by 45.5 ± 12.9%, and all training ceased 3.9 ± 1.8 days out from competition. Typically, athletes reported that training frequency and training duration stayed the same or decreased and training intensity decreased to around 50% in the last week. Athletes generally stated that tapering was performed to achieve recovery, rest, and peak performance; the deadlift, yoke walk, and stone lifts/work took longer to recover from than other lifts; assistance exercises were reduced or removed in the taper; massage, foam rolling, nutritional changes, and static stretching were strategies used in the taper; and, poor tapering occurred when athletes trained too heavy/hard or had too short a taper. These data will assist strongman athletes and coaches in the optimization of tapering variables leading to more peak performances. Future research could investigate the priming and preactivation strategies strongman athletes use on competition day.
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- 2018
13. Vibration Exercise as a Warm-Up Modality for Deadlift Power Output
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Darryl J. Cochrane, Matthew J. Barnes, Karl W. Coley, and Hayden J Pritchard
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Warm-Up Exercise ,Weight Lifting ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Electromyography ,Concentric ,Vibration ,Young Adult ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Rate of force development ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Muscle Strength ,Power output ,Muscle activity ,Muscle, Skeletal ,Mathematics ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Resistance training ,General Medicine ,Sprint - Abstract
Vibration exercise (VbX) has gained popularity as a warm-up modality to enhance performance in golf, baseball, and sprint cycling, but little is known about the efficacy of using VbX as a warm-up before resistance exercise, such as deadlifting. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of a deadlift (DL)-specific warm-up, VbX warm-up, and Control on DL power output (PO). The DL warm-up (DL-WU) included 10, 8, and 5 repetitions performed at 30, 40, and 50% 1-repetition maximum (1RM), respectively, where the number of repetitions was matched by body-weight squats performed with vibration and without vibration (Control). The warm-up conditions were randomized and performed at least 2 days apart. Peak power (PP), mean power, rate of force development (RFD), and electromyography (EMG) were measured during the concentric phase of 2 consecutive DLs (75% 1RM) at 30 seconds and 2:30 minutes after the warm-up conditions. There was no significant (p > 0.05) main effect or interaction effect between the DL-WU, VbX warm-up, and Control for PP, mean power, RFD, and EMG. Vibration exercise warm-up did not exhibit an ergogenic effect to potentiate muscle activity more than the specific DL-WU and Control. Therefore, DL PO is affected to a similar extent, irrespective of the type of stimuli, when the warm-up is not focused on raising muscle temperature.
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- 2015
14. Tapering Practices of Strongman Athletes
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Winwood, Paul W., primary, Dudson, Mike K., additional, Wilson, Daniel, additional, Mclaren-Harrison, Justice K.H., additional, Redjkins, Vladislav, additional, Pritchard, Hayden J., additional, and Keogh, Justin W.L., additional
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- 2018
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15. Tapering Practices of New Zealand's Elite Raw Powerlifters
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Pritchard, Hayden J., primary, Tod, David A., additional, Barnes, Matthew J., additional, Keogh, Justin W., additional, and McGuigan, Michael R., additional
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- 2016
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16. Vibration Exercise as a Warm-Up Modality for Deadlift Power Output
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Cochrane, Darryl J., primary, Coley, Karl W., additional, Pritchard, Hayden J., additional, and Barnes, Matthew J., additional
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- 2015
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