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Traditional Versus Cluster Resistance Training in Striking Combat Sport Athletes
Sponsor: Universidad de Granada
Summary
This randomized controlled trial compared the effects of traditional and cluster resistance training on neuromuscular performance in amateur striking combat sport athletes. Twenty-eight athletes completed a 6-week full-body resistance training program including squat, bench press, deadlift, and bench pull exercises. Participants were assigned to either a traditional training group, which performed repetitions continuously, or a cluster training group, which incorporated short intra-set rest periods. Neuromuscular performance was assessed before and after the intervention through countermovement jump height, medicine-ball throw distance, and load-velocity relationship variables obtained from the four resistance exercises. The study aimed to determine whether cluster resistance training provides superior neuromuscular adaptations compared with traditional resistance training when training volume and relative intensity are matched.
Official title: Effects of Traditional and Cluster Resistance Training Using Four Multi-Joint Exercises on Neuromuscular Performance in Striking Combat Sport Athletes
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
14 Years - 50 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
32
Start Date
2024-09-04
Completion Date
2025-03-06
Last Updated
2026-06-17
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Traditional
Participants completed a 6-week full-body resistance training program consisting of squat, bench press, deadlift, and bench pull exercises. Training was performed twice weekly and included 3 sets of 8 repetitions at 75% of the individual one-repetition maximum (1RM) for each exercise. All repetitions within a set were performed consecutively without intra-set rest periods. Participants were instructed to execute the concentric phase of each repetition with maximal intended velocity.
Cluster
Participants completed a 6-week full-body resistance training program consisting of squat, bench press, deadlift, and bench pull exercises. Training was performed twice weekly and included 3 sets of 8 repetitions at 75% of the individual one-repetition maximum (1RM) for each exercise. Repetitions were organized into clusters of two repetitions separated by 15-second intra-set rest intervals (2 + 2 + 2 + 2 repetitions). Participants were instructed to execute the concentric phase of each repetition with maximal intended velocity.
Locations (1)
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
Concepción, Chile