Exercise Order Barely Matters: Squats-First or Jumps-First Yields Similar Gains
An eight-week randomized trial in resistance-trained men found that reversing the order of squats and countermovement jumps changed almost nothing ...
Tag: sports science
Self-Chosen Rest After Velocity-Loss Squats Matches Best Fixed Recovery for Jump Gains
A randomized crossover trial in twelve trained female basketball players found that a self-selected recovery interval after 5% velocity-loss squats ...
Combat sports researchers propose framework for judging readiness-to-compete monitoring
A Perspective in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living proposes a task- and time-specific framework requiring responsiveness, predictive validity and ...
Volleyball Study Finds Leg Dominance Shapes Balance and Landing Knee Loads
A study of twenty elite female volleyball players found dominant-leg balance advantages under eyes-closed conditions, limb-specific landing asymmetries, and higher ...
Basketball Training Load Data Means Different Things for Different Metrics, Study Finds
A three-season study of 84 professional male basketball players found that the appropriate level for interpreting external training load differs ...
Self-Administered Japanese Fitness Test Scores Track 10,000-Meter Race Times in Collegiate Runners, Study Finds
A prospective cohort study of 105 male Japanese collegiate runners found that higher preseason scores on the self-administered KOJI AWARENESS ...
Lower Limb Strength Tracks Jump, Agility and Sprint Performance in Adolescent Beach Volleyball Athletes
A cross-sectional study of 26 Chinese adolescent elite beach volleyball athletes found lower limb strength was linearly associated with jump, ...
Ultrasound Tendon Findings Fail to Track Jump Performance in Division I Volleyball Players
A season-long ultrasound and performance study of Division I female volleyball players found that tendon structure changed measurably but showed ...
AI Model Predicts Knee Pain Severity in Professional Distance Runners
A Gaussian process regression model trained on six training and anthropometric variables predicted self-reported knee pain severity in fifty professional ...
Sleep efficiency, not sleep length, tracks autonomic recovery in elite female footballers
A 14-week study of fifteen elite female footballers found that sleep efficiency, but not total sleep time, predicted morning heart ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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