ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2018
Repetition-to-Repetition Differences Using Cluster and Accentuated Eccentric Loading in the Back Squat.
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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
- Acute and Chronic Effects of Accentuated Eccentric Loading vs. Constant-Load Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Acute Effects of Accentuated Eccentric Loading on Mean Concentric Velocity During Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Accentuated eccentric loading in lower-body resistance training: a systematic review of acute and chronic adaptations on strength, power, and speed outcomes.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled 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
- The Effect of Cluster Sets and Accentuated Eccentric Loading on Vertical Jump Performance and Strategy During Lower-Body Complex Training.European journal of sport science · 2026Trial
- Half Squat Mechanical Analysis Based on PBT Framework.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of Inertial Flywheel Training vs. Accentuated Eccentric Loading Training on Strength, Power, and Speed in Well-Trained Male College Sprinters.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Braking and Propulsion Phase Characteristics of Traditional and Accentuated Eccentric Loaded Back Squats.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- Influence of Cluster Sets on Mechanical and Perceptual Variables in Adolescent Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Kinematic and Kinetic Characteristics of Repetitive Countermovement Jumps with Accentuated Eccentric Loading.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Cluster Set Protocol in the Half Squat Exercise Reduces Mechanical Fatigue and Lactate Concentrations in Comparison with A Traditional Set Configuration.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- The Effects of Augmented Eccentric Loading upon Kinematics and Muscle Activation in Bench Press Performance.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2020Article
- Implementing Eccentric Resistance Training-Part 1: A Brief Review of Existing Methods.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
The current investigation was an examination of the repetition-to-repetition magnitudes and changes in kinetic and kinematic characteristics of the back squat using accentuated eccentric loading (AEL) and cluster sets. Trained male subjects (age = 26.1 ± 4.1 years, height = 183.5 ± 4.3 cm, body mass = 92.5 ± 10.5 kg, back squat to body mass ratio = 1.8 ± 0.3) completed four load condition sessions, each consisting of three sets of five repetitions of either traditionally loaded straight sets (TL), traditionally loaded cluster sets (TLC), AEL cluster sets (AEC), and AEL straight sets where only the initial repetition had eccentric overload (AEL1). Eccentric overload was applied using weight releasers, creating a total eccentric load equivalent to 105% of concentric one repetition maximum (1RM). Concentric load was 80% 1RM for all load conditions. Using straight sets (TL and AEL1) tended to decrease peak power (PP) (
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