Application of a New Monitoring Variable : Effects of Power Loss During Squat Training on Strength Gains and Sports Performance

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ABSTRACT: Zhang, M, Chen, L, Dai, J, Yang, Q, Huang, Z, He, J, Ji, H, Sun, J, and Li, D. Application of a new monitoring variable: Effects of power loss during squat training on strength gains and sports performance. J Strength Cond Res 38(4): 656-670, 2024-This study aimed to compare the effects of power loss (PL) autoregulated volume (PL10 and PL20) with standardized fixed-load (FL) prescription on strength, sports performance, and lean body mass (LBM). Thirty-five female basketball players from a sports college were randomly assigned to 3 experimental groups (PL10, n = 12; PL20, n = 12; and FL, n = 11, respectively) that performed a resistance training (RT) program with wave-like periodization for 10 weeks using the back squat exercise. Assessments performed before (Pre) and after (Post) intervention included assessed 1 repetition maximum (1RM), body composition, 20-m sprint (T20M), change of direction (COD), and jump performance, including countermovement jump with arm swing, maximum vertical jump, and reactive strength index. Three groups showed significant improvements in strength (effect size [ES]: PL10 = 2.98, PL20 = 3.14, and FL = 1.90; p < 0.001) and jump performance (ES: PL10 = 0.74, PL20 = 1.50, and FL = 0.50; p <0.05-0.001). However, PL10 and PL20 demonstrated different advantages in sports performance compared with FL (group × time interaction, p <0.05). Specifically, PL10 significantly improved COD performance (ES = -0.79 ∼ -0.53, p <0.01), whereas PL20 showed greater improvements in sprint (ES = -0.57, p <0.05) and jump performance (ES = 0.67-1.64, p <0.01-0.001). Moreover, PL10 resulted in similar gains to PL20 and beneficial improvements compared with FL in LBM, despite performing the least repetitions. Overall, the study indicates that power loss-based autoregulation induces greater gains in LBM and sports performance, as well as eliciting a higher efficiency dose response than standardized FL prescriptions, particularly for PL10. Therefore, incorporating PL monitoring in training programs is recommended, and further studies on power-based RT would be worthwhile.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

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Journal of strength and conditioning research - 38(2024), 4 vom: 01. März, Seite 656-670

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Englisch

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Zhang, Mingyang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Lunxin [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qun [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Zijing [VerfasserIn]
He, Jiaxin [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Hongshen [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Duanying [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

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Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1519/JSC.0000000000004677

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NLM365395404