Sensors (Dec 2020)

Influence of Strength Level on the Acute Post-Activation Performance Enhancement Following Flywheel and Free Weight Resistance Training

  • Borja Sañudo,
  • Moisés de Hoyo,
  • G Gregory Haff,
  • Alejandro Muñoz-López

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s20247156
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 24
p. 7156

Abstract

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This study aimed to compare the post-activation potentiation performance enhancement (PAPE) response to the acute inertial flywheel (FW) and free weight resistance training (TRA) on subsequent countermovement jump (CMJ) and sprint performance (10 m sprint). This study used a randomized crossover design including twenty-eight healthy males that were divided into strong (relative one-repetition maximum (1RM) back squat > 2.0 × body mass) and weak (relative 1RM back squat d > 0.9, p d > 0.5, p 1,18 = 5.11, p = 0.036, η2p = 0.221—large) group. These results suggest that using a squat activation protocol on a FW may lead to an acute positive effect on jump and sprint performance, especially in stronger individuals.

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