Effect of heavy dynamic resistive exercise on acute upper body power
Abstract
There is limited research to support the notion that heavy resistive exercise immediately before a power movement may acutely enhance performance. Upper-body acute power enhancement during a stretch-shorten cycle (SSC) movement has not been previously investigated. The aim of this project was to determine whether a set of 5 repetitions of 5 repetition maximum (RM) bench press preceding explosive push-ups would significantly influence indicators of power: impulse and maximum rate of force development. Subjects randomly performed either explosive push-ups only over a force platform or a set of 5RM bench press before the explosive push-ups. There were no significant differences for any of the force platform data when the explosive push-ups were preceded by a set of 5RM bench press. It appears that heavy dynamic resistive upper-body exercise on its own before an upper-body power activity is inadequate in augmenting short-term power- Article
- PeerReviewed
- 320000 Medical and Health Sciences
- Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise & Sport Science (CARES)
- exercise physiology
- adult
- arm physiology
- biomechanics
- body weight
- human
- male
- muscle contraction physiology
- muscle
- skeletal physiology
- reproducibility of results
- weight lifting physiology
- explosive push-up
- bench press
- force platform