Our hypothesis was that the addition of an 8-week lower limb plyometric training program (hurdle and depth jumping) to normal in-season conditioning would enhance measures of competitive potential (peak power output [PP], jump force, jump height and sprint running velocity) in professional handball players. The subjects (age 23 ± 0.7 years, body mass 88.5 ± 4.7 kg, height 1.86± 0.06 m, body fat...

OBJECTIVE Plyometric training is widely used in conditioning, power training and in prevention and rehabilitation of injuries in some sports. This study sought to investigate the effect of a three-week plyometric training programme on jump performance and agility in Jamaican national netball players. METHOD Eighteen national netballers participated in a Plyometric training programme. Subjects...

THE INCLUSION OF PLYOMETRICS WITHIN YOUTH-BASED STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROGRAMS IS BECOMING MORE POPULAR AS A MEANS TO DEVELOP STRETCHSHORTENING CYCLE ABILITY. PLYOMETRIC TRAINING ADAPTATIONS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED FOR RUNNING VELOCITY, POWER, AGILITY, AND RUNNING ECONOMY, AND THEREFORE, ATHLETES SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO THIS TRAINING MODALITY AT SOME POINT DURING THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM. ...

the effect of protein supplementation on athletic performance and hormonal changes was examined in 32 experienced collegiate strength/power athletes participating in a 12-week resistance training program. method: subjects were randomly assigned to either a protein supplement (pr; n = 22) or a placebo (pl; n = 10) group. during each testing session subjects were assessed for strength (one repet...

  Corrigendum notice: Comparing the effect of 6 weeks of resistance training with and without vascular occlusion, on C-reactive protein and lactate dehydrogenase levels in active girls                Mahsa Porsesh *1, Abdolhamid Habibi2, Saeed Ahmadi Barati3, Seyed Reza Fatemi4                1-3Department of Sport Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Shahid Ch...

This study determined whether a 6-week regimen of plyometric training would improve running economy (i.e., the oxygen cost of submaximal running). Eighteen regular but not highly trained distance runners (age = 29 +/- 7 [mean +/- SD] years) were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. All subjects continued regular running training for 6 weeks; experimental subjects also did plyom...

Plyometric training is popular among individuals involved in dynamic sports, and plyometric exercises such as jumping, hopping, skipping and bounding are executed with the goal of increasing dynamic muscular performance, especially jumping. Much less information is available on the effectiveness of plyometric training (PT) in badminton, where jumping high (e.g. forehand overhead jump-smash) is ...

this study aimed at determining the chronic and acute effect of submaximal pedaling activity along with blood flow restriction on serum bdnf, tnf-α and bdnf/tnf-α ratio in active men. 24 physical education students at kharazmi university volunteered for the study. they were divided into three groups: pedaling with lower extremity vascular occlusion (n=8), pedaling without occlusion (n=8), and c...