The Effects of the Barbell Hip Thrust on Post-Activation Performance Enhancement of Change of Direction Speed in College-Aged Men and Women

Abstract

This study investigated whether the barbell hip thrust (BHT) enhanced change-of-direction (COD) speed measured by the 505 COD speed test. Forty recreationally trained individuals completed three sessions. Session 1 included one-repetition maximum (1RM) BHT testing to measure absolute and relative strength. Sessions 2 and 3 involved two counter-balanced conditioning activities (CAs): 3 sets × 5 repetitions of the BHT at 85% 1RM and a control condition (CC; 6 min rest). The 505 COD speed test was performed 5 and 2.5 min pre-CA, and 4, 8, 12, and 16 min post-CA in each session. A 2 × 5 repeated-measures ANOVA (p < 0.05) calculated performance changes across time post-CA. A 2 × 2 repeated-measures ANOVA analyzed best potentiated performance. Partial correlations controlling for sex calculated relationships between the 1RM BHT and 505 COD speed test percent potentiation. There was a significant main effect for time (p < 0.001), but not for condition (p = 0.271) or condition × time (p = 0.295). There were no significant correlations between 1RM BHT and potentiation. The 85% 1RM BHT did potentiate the 505 4–16 min post-CA but no more than the CC. Nonetheless, a heavy BHT could be programmed prior to COD drills as COD speed could be potentiated and performance improved in men and women.

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“…The underlying mechanisms for PAPE have been primarily attributed to the following physiological effects: positive changes of muscle temperature, fiber water content, and muscle activation [1,[5][6][7]. Although there is no evidence regarding the exact mechanisms, the acute benefits of PAPE have been observed in several explosive movements such as jumping [8,9], throwing [10][11][12], sprinting [13][14][15], and changing of the direction [16]. Therefore, the ability to harness PAPE effects to maximize athletic performance has received intensive attention [17][18][19].…”

Effects of Static and Dynamic Post-Activation Potentiation Protocols on Change of Direction Performance in Adolescent Soccer Players

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“…Bevan et al showed that the jump squat conditioning activity caused better sprint performance in the 8 th minutes than 4-12-16 th minutes (Bevan et al 2010). In another study Orjalo et al (2020) showed that the barbell hip thrust conditioning activity led to an improvement in the change of direction performance in 4-8-12, and 16 th minutes. In addition to the importance of rest intervals to create the PAP effect (Bevan et al 2009(Bevan et al , 2010Kilduff et al 2008;Zois et al 2011), it is well-known that the PAP mostly is a personalized response (Lockie et al 2018).…”

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