Concurrent strength and endurance training: the influence of dependent variable selection
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J. Abernethy, Peter
Barry, Ben
A. Logan, Peter
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Twenty-six active university students were randomly allocated to resistance (R, n 5 9), endurance (E, n 5 8), and concurrent resistance and endurance (C, n 5 9) training con-ditions. Training was completed 3 times per week in all conditions, with endurance training preceding resistance training in the C group. Resistance training involved 4 sets of upper- and lower-body exercises with loads of 4-8 repetition maximum (RM). Each endurance training session consisted of five 5-minute bouts of incremental cycle exercise at between 40 and 100% of peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak). Parameters measured prior to and following training included strength (1RM and isometric and isokinetic [1.04, 3.12, 5.20, and 8.67 rad[middle dot]s 21] strength), VO2peak and Wingate test performance (peak power output [PPO], average power, and relative power decline). Significant improvements in 1RM strength were observed in the R and C groups following training. VO2peak significantly increased in E and C but was significantly reduced in R after training. Effect size (ES) transformations on the other dependent variables suggested that performance changes in the C group were not always similar to changes in the R or E groups. These ES data suggest that statistical power and dependent variable selection are significant issues in enhancing our insights into concurrent training. It may be necessary to assess a range of performance parameters to monitor the relative effectiveness of a particular concurrent training regimen.
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Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
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17
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3
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Human Movement and Sports Sciences
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