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Short-Term Training Cessation as a Method of Tapering to Improve Maximal Strength
- Source :
- Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 32:458-465
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018.
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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.
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10648011
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5ccd4582f34ea7660c96861660b609e9