SynthesisFrontiers in physiology2019
A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses Comparing Periodized and Non-periodized Exercise Programs: Why We Should Go Back to Original Research.
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- Long-Term Effects of NASM-OPT Periodized Training on Lower-Limb Strength, Explosive Power, and Stretch-Shortening Cycle Function in Adolescent Athletes.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Trial
- Coaches' Perceptions of Common Planning Concepts Within Training Theory: An International Survey.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
- Integrating Deloading into Strength and Physique Sports Training Programmes: An International Delphi Consensus Approach.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
- Strength and Conditioning Practices of Brazilian Olympic Sprint and Jump Coaches.Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
- Flexible Training Planning Coupled with Flexible Assessment: A 12-Week Randomized Feasibility Study in a Youth Female Volleyball Team.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Ongoing Bidirectional Feedback between Planning and Assessment in Educational Contexts: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- "I Want to Create So Much Stimulus That Adaptation Goes Through the Roof": High-Performance Strength Coaches' Perceptions of Planned Overreaching.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Periodization: Variation in the Definition and Discrepancies in Study Design.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Review
- Towards a de facto Nonlinear Periodization: Extending Nonlinearity from Programming to Periodizing.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Periodization schedules training periods according to predicted timings of cumulative adaptations and has been at the foundation of exercise prescription. Recently, a selected body of work has highlighted that original research may be providing support for variation, but not for periodized variation. Furthermore, it has been suggested that the timings of expected adaptations have not been tested. However, it is not clear if these problems are present in meta-analyses on the subject, since they might have selected a distinct body or work. Therefore, our goal was to systematically review meta-analyses on exercise periodization, to verify whether the included periodized programs have been contrasted to two types of non-periodized programs (i.e., constant or varied) and also if the predictions concerning cumulative adaptations were tested.
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