The post-activation performance enhancement effect of a parallel back squat on male jumping and sprinting athletes

Márquez, Enrique, Castillo, Daniel, Rodríguez-Fernández, Alejandro, Beato, Marco and Raya-González, Javier (2023) The post-activation performance enhancement effect of a parallel back squat on male jumping and sprinting athletes. Journal of Men's Health, 19 (2). pp. 9-16. ISSN 1875-6867

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Abstract

Background: Although the literature has described different ways and methodologies of producing chronic neuromuscular enhancements in athletes, less is known about warm-up activities aiming to optimize short-term performance. To address these gaps, investigations into post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) effects are necessary. As such, this work aimed to analyse the PAPE effect of different parallel squat (PS) protocols with and without whole-body vibration (WBV) employing different volumes (low and high) and rest periods (of one and four minutes) on jumping performance. Methods: Seventeen elite sprinting and jumping male athletes participated in this study. The athletes completed one PAPE protocol on a weekly basis, according to the following conditions: PS with 80% one-repetition maximum (1RM) without vibration (NV-PS) and with WBV (WBV-PS). Each exercise was performed at a high and low volume, and after short or long recovery periods (of one and four minutes). A countermovement jump (CMJ) and drop jump (DJ) without an arm swing were executed before and after each PAPE protocol. Results: Higher CMJ and DJ performances after WBV-PS exercises were found (effect size [ES] = 1.065–1.319, large). Greater DJ results were observed after an NV-PS exercise with a high volume and four minutes of rest (37.78 ± 5.44 vs 39.09 ± 5.62; p = 0.011; ES = 0.692, medium). Time x condition effects (F = 25.239, p < 0.01, η^2= 0.03) were observed, revealing higher CMJ values after a WBV-PS in comparison to baseline conditions, as well as higher DJ values after NV-PS and WBV-PS in comparison to baseline conditions. Conclusions: The findings indicate that these types of PAPE protocols in elite male athletes and WBV-PS PAPE protocols in particular can enhance CMJ and DJ performance, while the NV-PS (using a high volume and four minutes of rest) resulted in improvements for the DJ. No other improvements were reported using NV-PS combinations.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: athletics, neuromuscular, activation, whole-body vibration
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
Divisions: Faculty of Health & Science > Department of Science & Technology
Depositing User: Marco Beato
Date Deposited: 20 Oct 2022 10:50
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2023 10:25
URI: https://oars.uos.ac.uk/id/eprint/2747

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