Todd S
05-31-2010, 08:35 PM
Catching up on my reading this weekend and ran across this in the Feb issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Old forum participant Jennifer Klau was published!
Congrats to her.
Interesting to note some additional statements from the concluding paragraphs.... (They're not talking about resistance machines and stuff you do rolling around on a ball or balancing on a wobble board.)
"Although the body of evidence is limited, the autors recommend replacing a portion of an athletes endurance training volume with explosive resistance training to increase TT performance and maximal power output and to minimize the risk of fatigue from an overwhelming total training volume."
"Coaches and researchers designing future studies should use this systematic review as a starting point to design protocols that implement resistance training programs that emphasize heavier weight with lower repetitions, Olympic style lifts, and plyometrics to increase force production and improve performance."
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J Strength Cond Res. 2010 Feb;24(2):560-6.
The effects of resistance training on road cycling performance among highly trained cyclists: a systematic review.
Yamamoto LM, Klau JF, Casa DJ, Kraemer WJ, Armstrong LE, Maresh CM.
Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. lindamyamamoto@gmail.com
Abstract
Highly trained cyclists may be hesitant to incorporate resistance training (RT) with their endurance training (ET) because of the mixed data regarding concurrent RT and ET (CT). The purpose of this review was to search the scientific body of literature for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CT on road cycling performance for highly trained cyclists. Key words (including cycling and strength training) were used to search relevant databases through September 2009 for literature related to CT. Randomized controlled trials were included if they scored > or =5 on the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale. Five studies met the inclusion criteria: highly trained road cyclists (>7 h.wk or > 150 km.wk, with at least 6 months of training), outcome measure was cycling performance (time trial or time to exhaustion), and RT performed off-bike. Two of the 5 studies found no improvement in performance with CT, but these studies added RT on top of the athletes' existing ET. The 3 studies with improved cycling performance replaced a portion of the athletes' ET with RT, and 2 of the 3 studies included high-intensity explosive-type resistance exercises. Despite the limited research on CT for highly trained cyclists, it is likely that replacing a portion of a cyclist's ET with RT will result in improved time trial performance and maximal power.
Congrats to her.
Interesting to note some additional statements from the concluding paragraphs.... (They're not talking about resistance machines and stuff you do rolling around on a ball or balancing on a wobble board.)
"Although the body of evidence is limited, the autors recommend replacing a portion of an athletes endurance training volume with explosive resistance training to increase TT performance and maximal power output and to minimize the risk of fatigue from an overwhelming total training volume."
"Coaches and researchers designing future studies should use this systematic review as a starting point to design protocols that implement resistance training programs that emphasize heavier weight with lower repetitions, Olympic style lifts, and plyometrics to increase force production and improve performance."
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J Strength Cond Res. 2010 Feb;24(2):560-6.
The effects of resistance training on road cycling performance among highly trained cyclists: a systematic review.
Yamamoto LM, Klau JF, Casa DJ, Kraemer WJ, Armstrong LE, Maresh CM.
Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. lindamyamamoto@gmail.com
Abstract
Highly trained cyclists may be hesitant to incorporate resistance training (RT) with their endurance training (ET) because of the mixed data regarding concurrent RT and ET (CT). The purpose of this review was to search the scientific body of literature for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CT on road cycling performance for highly trained cyclists. Key words (including cycling and strength training) were used to search relevant databases through September 2009 for literature related to CT. Randomized controlled trials were included if they scored > or =5 on the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale. Five studies met the inclusion criteria: highly trained road cyclists (>7 h.wk or > 150 km.wk, with at least 6 months of training), outcome measure was cycling performance (time trial or time to exhaustion), and RT performed off-bike. Two of the 5 studies found no improvement in performance with CT, but these studies added RT on top of the athletes' existing ET. The 3 studies with improved cycling performance replaced a portion of the athletes' ET with RT, and 2 of the 3 studies included high-intensity explosive-type resistance exercises. Despite the limited research on CT for highly trained cyclists, it is likely that replacing a portion of a cyclist's ET with RT will result in improved time trial performance and maximal power.