Repeatability and Specificity of Eccentric Force Output and the Implications for Eccentric Training Load Prescription
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Repeatability and specificity of eccentric force output and the implications for eccentric training load prescription. Strength Cond Res 33(3): 676–683, 2019—Prescribing supramaximal eccentric (ECC) loads based on repetition maximum, isometric (ISO), or concentric-only (CON) strength overlooks the possibility that individuals have a different tolerance for ECC exercise. To inform the prescription of ECC training regimes, this study implemented a test battery that included maximal accentuated-eccentric (ECC+), traditional coupled eccentric-concentric (TRAD), and 2 ISO conditions (90 and 120° knee-joint angle .
The study aimed to determine the repeatability and specificity of ECC+ force output and assess the methodological accuracy when using nonspecific measures of strength to prescribe ECC+ training loads. Results show that the test battery was repeatable (0.05, intraclass correlation coefficient 0.95, coefficient of variation: 5.8%) and force output was specific to each task; ECC+ (4,034 ± 592 N) was higher (0.001) than ISO (3,122 ± 579 N) and TRAD (3,574 ± 581 N), but less (0.001) than ISO (6,285 ± 1,546 N). Although estimations of ECC+ strength were not different from observed ECC+ values (0.05), estimations were associated with up to a 7% error.
This investigation confirms that force output is task-specific; therefore, prescribing ECC loads based on strength during another task will likely lead to discrepancies in intended and actual ECC exercise intensity.
Consequently, using an ECC-specific approach to assess ECC strength qualities will provide a more accurate platform to prescribe individualized ECC training programs and a more definitive.
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