The Effects of Loaded Plyometric Exercise during Warm-Up on Subsequent Sprint Performance in Collegiate Track Athletes: A Randomized Trial

Autor: Meghan McCauley, Monica Quila, Edward Jo, Emma Silvestri, Whitney D Leyva, Ken Hansen, William Pritchard, Daniel Helzer, Michael Yi, Zakkoyya H. Lewis, Kalin Tomlinson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sports, Vol 8, Iss 101, p 101 (2020)
Sports
Volume 8
Issue 7
ISSN: 2075-4663
Popis: Prior evidence demonstrates the efficacy by which plyometric activities during warm-up conditions augment the subsequent performance in power-centric exercise. We investigated the acute effects of loaded jump squats incorporated into a standard sprinters&rsquo
warm-up protocol on subsequent sprint performance in collegiate track athletes. Sprint times of 22 male and female collegiate track athletes were measured in 10-m intervals during a 30-m sprint trial following a standard sprinters&rsquo
warm-up routine with or without plyometric exercise. Subjects were tested on two separate occasions, once with loaded jump squats as the experimental treatment (two sets of eight jumps, load = 13% bodyweight) (PLYO) and once with time-equated rest as the control treatment (CON). Treatments were implemented following a standard sprinters&rsquo
warm-up routine familiar to the subjects. A dependent T-test was used for comparison of sprint interval times between conditions with a significant effect indicated by a p-value <
0.05. Sprint time did not differ between CON vs. PLYO at the 10 m (PLYO = 1.90 ±
0.12 s vs. CON = 1.90 ±
0.11 s, p = 0.66), 20 m (PLYO = 3.16 ±
0.21 s vs. CON = 3.15 ±
0.19 s, p = 0.53), and 30 m (PLYO = 4.32 ±
0.32 s vs. CON = 4.31 ±
0.28 s, p = 0.61) intervals. There was no interaction between treatment and sex, sex-specific ranking (above vs. below sex-specific mean), or sprint event (short vs. short&ndash
long vs. long) for 10 m, 20 m, or 30-m interval sprint times. At least within the limits of the current investigation, no evidence was provided to suggest that jump squats loaded at 13% bodyweight are an effective means to acutely potentiate sprint performance in collegiate track athletes. However, a further examination of responders indicates that the present loaded jump squat protocol may preferentially potentiate sprint performance in faster male athletes.
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