ArticleJournal of human kinetics2017
Effects of Cluster Sets and Rest-Redistribution on Mechanical Responses to Back Squats in Trained Men.
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- The Effectiveness of Cluster vs. Rest-Redistribution Set Configurations to Maintain Movement Velocity During Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Comparison of rest redistribution and traditional set configurations in terms of strength, power, and perceived exertion: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of Set Structure Manipulation on Chronic Adaptations to Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Acute Effects of Cluster and Rest Redistribution Set Structures on Mechanical, Metabolic, and Perceptual Fatigue During and After Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Maximizing Muscle Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review of Advanced Resistance Training Techniques and Methods.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- The Acute Neuromuscular Responses to Cluster Set Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Cross education is modulated by set configuration in knee extension exercise.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2023Trial
- Secondary Analysis to Evaluate Performance Expression Stability of Alternative Complex-Contrast Training Set Strategies.Methods and protocols · 2026Article
- Delayed potentiation effect after high-load resistance priming: Effects of rest-redistribution set structures on athletic performance.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2025Article
- Velocity-Based Resistance Training Monitoring: Influence of Lifting Straps, Reference Repetitions, and Variable Selection in Resistance-Trained Men.Sports health · 2023Article
- Effect of resistance training programs differing in set structure on muscular hypertrophy and performance in untrained young men.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Impact of Interrepetition Rest on Muscle Blood Flow and Exercise Tolerance during Resistance Exercise.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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- Impact of Rest-Redistribution on Fatigue During Maximal Eccentric Knee Extensions.Journal of human kinetics · 2020Article
- Rest Redistribution Functions as a Free and Ad-Hoc Equivalent to Commonly used Velocity-Based Training Thresholds During Clean Pulls at Different Loads.Journal of human kinetics · 2019Article
- Shorter But More Frequent Rest Periods: No Effect on Velocity and Power Compared to Traditional Sets Not Performed to Failure.Journal of human kinetics · 2019Article
- Cluster sets vs. traditional sets: Levelling out the playing field using a power-based threshold.PloS one · 2018Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Eight resistance-trained men completed three protocols separated by 48-96 hours. Each protocol included 36 repetitions with the same rest duration, but the frequency and length of rest periods differed. The cluster sets of four (CS4) protocol included 30 s of rest after the 4th, 8th, 16th, 20th, 28th, and 32nd repetition in addition to 120 s of rest after the 12th and 24th repetition. For the other two protocols, the total 420 s rest time of CS4 was redistributed to include nine sets of four repetitions (RR4) with 52.5 s of rest after every four repetitions, or 36 sets of single repetitions (RR1) with 12 s of rest after every repetition. Mean (MF) and peak (PF) force, velocity (MV and PV), and power output (MP and PP) were measured during 36 repetitions and were collapsed into 12 repetitions for analysis. Repeated measures ANOVA 3 (protocol) x 12 (repetition) showed a protocol x repetition interaction for PF, MV, PV, MP, and PP (p-values from <0.001 to 0.012). No interaction or main effect was present for MF. During RR1, MV, PV, MP, and PP were maintained, but decreased throughout every 4-repetition sequence during CS4 and RR4. During CS4 and RR4, PF was less following a rest period compared to subsequent repetitions, whereas PF was maintained during RR1. These data indicate that rest redistribution results in similar average kinetics and kinematics, but if total rest time is redistributed to create shorter but more frequent sets, kinetics and kinematics may remain more constant.
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