To increase movement capacity and to reduce injury risk in young soccer players by implementing a special functional exercise program based on functional movement screen (FMS) and correctives. 67 young male athletes 14-19 years of age from a Super League Football Club Academy participated in the study. Functional movement patterns were evaluated with FMS assessment protocol. Deep squat, hurdle ...

BACKGROUND Increased cellular ATP levels have the potential to enhance athletic performance. A proprietary blend of ancient peat and apple extracts has been supposed to increase ATP production. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of this supplement on athletic performance when used during 12 weeks of supervised, periodized resistance training. METHODS Twe...

Background and Study Aim. Squat exercises have some advantages in terms of time, practice energy costs. It is also an exercise method used training plan development jumping ability basketball players. performance may vary depending on warm-up types intensity. was aimed to determine the effect different specific intensities 1-maximum repetition squat (1-RM) players.
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The magnitude of men and women’s neuromuscular, metabolic, and morphologic responses seems to be quite different even when both are submitted to exercise protocols using similar weight exercises protocols. However, differences in the motor performance between men and women have been predominantly reported in protocols based on isometric and isokinetic contractions. Thus, this study aimed to ana...

Neuromuscular training (NMT) warm-up programs effectively prevent injuries in youth, but monitoring exercise fidelity is challenging. The purpose of this study was to compare the as measured via an inertial measurement unit (IMU) with direct observations selected exercises. Youth basketball and soccer players performed single leg jumps, squat Nordic hamstring curls, and/or balance exercises par...

PURPOSE This study investigated changes induced by a single heavy resistance training session on neuromuscular and endocrine systems in trained athletes, using the same exercises for training and testing. METHODS Five different groups volunteered: track and field male sprinters (MS, N = 6), track and field female sprinters (FS, N = 6), body builders (BB, N = 6), and weight lifters performing ...

Purpose. Complex training (CT) involves the coupling of two exercises ostensibly to enhance the effect of the second exercise. Typically, the first exercise is a strength exercise and the second exercise is a power exercise involving similar muscles. In most cases, CT is designed to enhance power. The purpose of this study was twofold. First, this study was designed to determine if lower body p...


 It has been showed that previous experience in the use of rotational inertia devices (RIDs) enhances acute performance outcomes. The purpose this study was to examine differences kinetic and kinematic profiles between athletes with without different RIDs. Thirty-nine healthy men performed a half-squat incremental test on two RIDs: horizontal cylinder (YY) vertical cone-shaped axis (CP). ...