Grainger, A, Neville, R, Ditroilo, M and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626
2020,
'Changes in performance markers and wellbeing in elite senior professional rugby union players during a pre-season period : analysis of the differences across training phases'
, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 23 (1)
, pp. 20-26.
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Abstract
Objectives: To assess the magnitude of change and association with variation in training load of two performance markers and wellbeing, over three pre-season training blocks, in elite rugby union athletes. Design: Observational. Methods: Twenty-two professional players (age 25 ± 5 years; training age 6 ± 5 years; body mass, 99 ± 13 kg; stature 186 ± 6 cm) participated in this study, with changes in lower (CMJ height) and upper body (bench press mean speed) neuromuscular function and self-reported wellbeing (WB) assessed during an 11-week period. Results: There was a small increase in CMJ height (0.27, ±0.17 – likely substantial; standardised effect size, ±95% confidence limits – magnitude-based inference) (p = 0.003), bench press speed (0.26, ±0.15 – likely substantial) (p = 0.001) and WB (0.26, ±0.12 – possibly substantial) (p < 0.0001) across the pre-season period. There was a substantial interaction in the effect of training load on these three variables across the three training phases. A two-standard deviation (2SD) change in training load was associated with: a small decrease in CMJ height during the power phase (−0.32, ±0.19 – likely substantial) (p = 0.001); a small reduction in bench press speed during the hypertrophy phase (−0.40, ±0.32 – likely substantial) (p = 0.02); and a small reduction in WB during the strength phase (−0.40, ±0.24 – very likely substantial) (p < 0.0001). The effects of changes in training load across other phases were either likely trivial, only possibly substantial, or unclear. Conclusions: The effect of training load on performance can vary both according to the type of training stimulus being administered and based on whether upper- or lower-body outcomes are being measured.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools: | Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Health Sciences Research |
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 1440-2440 |
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Depositing User: | Dr Paul Comfort |
Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2019 16:46 |
Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2020 15:00 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/52798 |
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