Developing Athletic Motor Skill Competencies in Youth
This article aims to provide a resource for coaches to use when developing the athletic motor skill competencies in youth, including game-based activities, and a more structured resistance training curriculum. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - December 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Warm-ups for Youth Athletes: Making the First 15-Minutes Count
This article, therefore, aims to review current warm-up classifications and considerations of youth athletes, while providing a template of appropriate exercises that can be used safely and effectively in individuals of varying capabilities. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - December 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Effects of Balance Training on Physical Fitness in Youth and Young Athletes: A Narrative Review
Balance training (BT) is a well-established training type in many sports and is used to improve postural control. There is evidence that performance enhancements after BT can even translate to other physical fitness measures such as muscle strength and jump performance. Accordingly, this narrative review summarizes the effects of BT on balance performance in youth/young athletes and describes how acute and chronic BT-specific adaptations translate to other physical fitness outcomes. In addition, recent findings on sequencing effects of balance and strength training will be reported. Finally, established dose-response relat...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - December 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Physical Characteristics and the Talent Identification and Development Processes in Male Youth Soccer: A Narrative Review
Talent identification and development in male youth soccer are complex and multidimensional processes. The English Football Association “4 Corner Model” is often adopted by academies to support coaches and practitioners to implement a multidisciplinary approach to their talent identification and development framework. This holistic approach is characterized by technical/tactical, psychological, social, and physical attributes, which are central to academy recruitment and individual long-term athlete development. The aim of this narrative review is to provide a critical synthesis of the physical characteristics within t...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - December 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Sensitive Periods to Train General Motor Abilities in Children and Adolescents: Do They Exist? A Critical Appraisal
Some long-term athlete development models have proposed generic sensitive periods or “windows of opportunity” during childhood and adolescence that are optimal for training general motor abilities such as strength or speed. However, it remains unclear whether these periods exist. This review will therefore critically appraise the rationale behind generic sensitive periods. We discuss several issues with generic sensitive periods and argue that general motor abilities and the associated sensitive periods do not exist. The identified issues with generic sensitive periods question their validity and we therefore suggest t...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - December 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Youth Physical Activity Is All About the “F-Words”
The “F-words” of youth physical activity (family, facilitators, facilities, force, fitness, function, fun, feeling, and future) illustrate the complex web of factors that influence participation in active play, exercise, and sport activities in children and adolescents. The “F-words” can be used to expand our conceptual thinking about youth physical activity and inform research and practice in the field of pediatric exercise science. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - December 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Long-Term Athletic Development Special Topic Issue
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Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - December 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
In Reply
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Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - October 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
RE: Mesocycle Progression in Hypertrophy: Volume Versus Intensity
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Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - October 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
The Abdominal Vacuum Technique for Bodybuilding
This article provides a description of the abdominal vacuum exercise as well as a technique-driven progression and teaching cues for performing this maneuver. (Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal)
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - October 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
The Ketogenic Diet for Bodybuilders and Physique Athletes
In the past decades, the ketogenic diet has received scientific interest as a diet which may be beneficial for athletes. We summarize the ketogenic literature and give competitive bodybuilders and physique athletes advice on whether the diet and ketone supplements are suitable for off-season and in-season use. The diet is effective for fat loss and has a strong hunger-reducing effect. Current evidence suggests it is suboptimal for bulking and gaining lean mass. Upon starting the diet, negative side effects should be expected and prevented by increasing intake of electrolytes, fiber, and water. Exogenous ketones are current...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - October 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Effectiveness of Diet Refeeds and Diet Breaks as a Precontest Strategy
Physique competitors focus on optimizing body composition through maximizing muscle mass and loss of body fat. Competitors frequently experiment with various methodologies purported to improve body composition, but often, there is a lack of evidence on their efficacy. Emerging evidence suggests that intermittent energy restriction (IER) methodologies such as refeeds and diet breaks may offer various benefits to competitors by improving fat loss efficiency, lean body mass retention, and attenuating metabolic adaptation to weight loss. This review examines these methodologies and the evidence for their efficacy and proposes ...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - October 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Regional Hypertrophy, the Inhomogeneous Muscle Growth: A Systematic Review
A literature search was performed in 2 databases (PubMed and Scopus) on May 22, 2019. From the 14 studies included in the review, 13 found that the anatomical cross-sectional area of some regions of a muscle increased to a greater degree than others. Some studies found increases in the distal region, others reported increases in the middle region, and some found differences between regions but did not report which increased the most. Hypertrophy between and within muscle heads is not homogeneous, confirming that regional hypertrophy actually happens in the quadriceps femoris, triceps brachii, and biceps brachii muscles. (S...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - October 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Partial Range of Motion Resistance Training: A Feasible Bodybuilding Training Regiment for Local or Regional Muscle Hypertrophy?
Bodybuilding is defined as an active lifestyle and competitive interest in body aesthetics and muscularity acquired through resistance training. The overall goal in these cosmetically assessed competitions is to display the human physique in a muscularly proportionate and symmetrical manner. Bodybuilding training falls within the hypertrophic oriented goals and recommendations. However, a resistance training modality known as optimal muscle length-specificity training or partial range of motion (pROM) has been recently investigated and has shown some similar hypertrophic outcomes compared to the standard full range of moti...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - October 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
Magnitude and Composition of the Energy Surplus for Maximizing Muscle Hypertrophy: Implications for Bodybuilding and Physique Athletes
This review aimed to explore the nature of energy consumption for optimizing muscle growth in the presence of a resistance training program with a specific focus on implications for bodybuilders and physique athletes. Although gains in muscle mass can be achieved when resistance training is performed under hypocaloric conditions, research indicates that maximizing exercise-induced muscle hypertrophy requires an energy surplus. Herein, we discuss the interplay between total dietary energy intake and macronutrient ratios, and provide evidence-based guidelines as to how they should be manipulated to optimize muscular adaptati...
Source: Strength and Conditioning Journal - October 1, 2020 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Article Source Type: research
