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Effects of slow and fast bodyweight resistance training on IPPT's muscular endurance test performance
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Type
Final Year Project (FYP)
Citation
Ong, J. H. A. (2021). Effects of slow and fast bodyweight resistance training on IPPT's muscular endurance test performance. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153074
Author
Ong, Jacky Hou An
Supervisor
Heng, Karen
Abstract
Background: Training for muscular endurance is important for Singapore’s uniformed reservist as it is tested annually with the 1-minute bodyweight push-up and sit-up test. Following the principle of specificity, training at a fast movement velocity (tempo) is optimal for the two muscular endurance tests. Alternatively, a slow tempo increases muscular time under tension and fatigue, which are key to muscular endurance enhancement. Yet, there is a lack of studies comparing the effect of both training velocities on muscular endurance performance. Hence, this study aims to compare between training with a fast and slow tempo, and to determine which tempo is better at improving muscular endurance performance.
Methods: In a randomized controlled trial design, 15 recreationally strength-trained males were assigned to either a fast-tempo, slow-tempo, or control group. Subjects in the training groups underwent 2 days per week of bodyweight training for 4 weeks, while those in the control group did not receive any training. The fast-tempo group completed each repetition with a duration of 1-s eccentric and 1-s concentric contraction, whereas those in the slow-tempo did 4-s eccentric and 1-s concentric contraction. Pre- and post-test measures include the maximum number of push-ups and sit-ups completed in 1 minute.
Results: Improvement in the 1-minute push-up and sit-up test was not significantly different between both training groups (p > .05).
Conclusion: The findings suggest that performance improvement for the 1-minute push-up and sit-up muscular endurance test are the same for both fast and slow bodyweight resistance training tempo.
Date Issued
2021
Publisher
Nanyang Technological University