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Appropriate Loads for Peak-Power During Resisted Sprinting on a Non-Motorized Treadmill
Andre, Matthew Joseph Fry, Andrew C. Lane, Michael T.
Andre, Matthew Joseph
Fry, Andrew C.
Lane, Michael T.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the load which allows the highest peak power for resisted sprinting on a non-motorized treadmill and to determine if other variables are related to individual differences. Thirty college students were tested for vertical jump, vertical jump peak and mean power, 10 m sprint, 20 m sprint, leg press 1 RM, leg press 1 RM relative to body weight, leg press 1 RM relative to lean body mass, leg press 1 RM power, and leg press power at 80% of 1 RM. Participants performed eight resisted sprints on a non-motorized treadmill, with increasing relative loads expressed as percent of body weight. Sprint peak power was measured for each load. Pearson correlations were used to determine if relationships between the sprint peak power load and the other variables were significant. The sprint peak power load had a mode of 35% with 73% of all participants having a relative sprint peak power load between 25-35%. Significant correlations occurred between sprint peak power load and body weight, lean body mass, vertical jump peak and mean power, leg press 1 RM, leg press 1 RM relative to lean body mass, leg press 1 RM power, and leg press power at 80% of 1 RM (r = 0.44, 0.43, 0.39, 0.37, 0.47, 0.39, 0.46, and 0.47, respectively). Larger, stronger, more powerful athletes produced peak power at a higher relative load during resisted sprinting on a nonmotorized treadmill.
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2013-10-08
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Editorial Committee of Journal of Human Kinetics
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Resistance, Speed, Performance, Sprint, Running
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Andre, Matthew J, Andrew C Fry, and Michael T Lane. 2013. “Appropriate Loads for Peak-Power During Resisted Sprinting on a Non-Motorized Treadmill.” Journal of Human Kinetics 38 : 161–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2013-0056