Keeping Up with Current and Not-So-Current Research (Part 2)
October 30, 2017 |
John Paul Catanzaro
Research can provide important information to health and fitness
professionals, but trying to keep up with it all can be overwhelming!
Not to worry, I’ve done the legwork for you. Here are some current and
not-so-current findings that I think you’ll find interesting.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Fewer Injuries in Weight-Training Sports
“While the majority of the research we reviewed utilized retrospective designs, the weight-training sports appear to have relatively low rates of injury compared with common team sports.”
“The neck resistance training was an effective method for pain relieving, mobility improving, pain threshold, and neck muscle strength enhancing in women with chronic computer-related neck pain. Thus, our study provided evidence that women with work-related neck pain might benefit more from PRT [progressive resistance training], which may have important implications for future clinical practice.”
“Superior muscle gains might be achieved with a single set of DS [drop sets] compared to 3 sets of conventional RT [resistance training], probably due to higher stress experienced in the DS protocol.”
Note: Performing drop sets with momentary maximal loads can result in a 40% strength improvement over constant submaximal loads. I talk about it on pages 20-21 of The Elite Trainer.
NOT-SO-CURRENT RESEARCH
Go Deep with Squats
“Training deep squats elicited favourable adaptations on knee extensor muscle size and function compared to training shallow squats.”