The Acute Effect of Upper-Body Complex Training on Power Output of Martial Art Athletes as Measured by the Bench Press Throw Exercise

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effect of upper body complex training on power output, as well as to determine the requisite preload intensity and intra-complex recovery interval needed to induce power output increases. Nine amateur-level combat/martial art athletes completed four distinct experimental protocols, which consisted of 5 bench press repetitions at either: 65% of one-repetition maximum (1RM) with a 4 min rest interval; 65% of 1RM with an 8 min rest; 85% of 1RM with a 4 min rest; or 85% of 1RM with an 8 min rest interval, performed on different days. Before (pre-conditioning) and after (post-conditioning) each experimental protocol, three bench press throws at 30% of 1RM were performed. Significant differences in power output pre-post conditioning were observed across all experimental protocols (F=26.489, partial eta2=0.768, p=0.001). Mean power output significantly increased when the preload stimulus of 65% 1RM was matched with 4 min of rest (p=0.001), and when the 85% 1RM preload stimulus was matched with 8 min of rest (p=0.001). Moreover, a statistically significant difference in power output was observed between the four conditioning protocols (F= 21.101, partial eta2=0.913, p=0.001). It was concluded that, in complex training, matching a heavy preload stimulus with a longer rest interval, and a lighter preload stimulus with a shorter rest interval is important for athletes wishing to increase their power production before training or competition.

Acute Caffeine Intake Enhances Mean Power Output and Bar Velocity during the Bench Press Throw in Athletes Habituated to Caffeine

“…In this respect, the loads applied in ballistic exercises during training will depend on the specific requirements of particular sport disciplines and will determine success in numerous power-based competitions [23]. Furthermore, the BPT performance has been associated with overall performance in different sport-specific tasks [26][27][28][29]. Therefore, it seems reasonable to use the BPT as a means of testing upper-body ballistic performance.…”

Post-activation Potentiation Response of Climbers Performing the Upper Body Power Exercise

“…(Tillin and Bishop, 2009;Dobbs et al, 2019). Fewer studies examined the effects of PAP on the upper body exercises (Ebben, 2002) like bench press and ballistic pushups (Farup and Sørensen, 2010;Liossis et al, 2013;Seitz and Haff, 2016) where the movement predominantly involved some "pushing" action. For that reason their findings cannot be directly translated into climbing in which "pulling" actions are typical.…”

“…Regardless of the true nature of PAP, it seems to induce acute and long term effects on performance in various lower-and upper body activities such as jumps and sprints as well as selected upperbody exercises including bench press throws (Duthie et al, 2002;Docherty and Hodgson, 2007;Liossis et al, 2013;Loturco et al, 2014). To our knowledge only Gołaś et al (2016) investigated PAP in the upper-body exercises that also involved "pulling" movements -namely Lat pull-downs and dumbbell rows.…”

Évaluation et analyse de la performance par accélérométrie lors des mouvements de musculation

“…Le Myotest, par exemple, a été utilisé chez des joueuses de handball non professionnelles afin d'objectiver l'efficacité de deux courtes séances de musculation sur la puissance des membres inférieurs, la puissance des bras et la détente verticale (Jidovtseff et al, 2014). Plusieurs études ont utilisé un accéléromètre afin d'explorer la potentiation musculaire lors du travail par contraste de charge en développé couché (Liossis et al, 2013, Cabrera et al, 2009Morio et al, 2011 ;Ruben et al, 2010). Un accéléromètre uniaxial a été utilisé afin d'étudier l'évolution de la puissance des membres inférieurs (presse) et la puissance des bras (développé couché) en fonction de l'âge .…”