ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2020
A Cluster Set Protocol in the Half Squat Exercise Reduces Mechanical Fatigue and Lactate Concentrations in Comparison with A Traditional Set Configuration.
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- The Acute and Chronic Effects of Implementing Velocity Loss Thresholds During Resistance Training: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Critical Evaluation of the Literature.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Continuous and Cluster-Set Configurations Performed to Failure on Performance and Physiological Responses in the Bench Press and Half Squat.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Trial
- Effects of 6 Weeks of Traditional Resistance Training or High Intensity Interval Resistance Training on Body Composition, Aerobic Power and Strength in Healthy Young Subjects: A Randomized Parallel Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
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- Intra-set rest preserves barbell velocity during a free-weight back squat exercise by shifting energy system contribution.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Effects of Bench Press Volume on Performance, Recovery, and Physiological Response.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Acute effects of foam rolling on jump performance and neuromuscular responses following resistance exercise.Frontiers in physiology · 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
- Effect of Velocity-Based Training on Vertical Jump Performance by Beach Volleyball Players.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
- Greater Neuromuscular and Perceptual Fatigue after Low versus High Loads in the Bench Press: A Preliminary Study Applying Frequentist and Bayesian Group Analyses with Subject-by-Subject Case Series Reports.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Influence of Cluster Sets on Mechanical and Perceptual Variables in Adolescent Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Splitting sets into clusters has been shown to maintain performance during resistance training. This study compared the acute fatigue produced by a traditional (TSC) versus a cluster (CSC) set configuration in the smith machine half squat exercise. Fifteen males performed a single bout of TSC and CSC separated by 72-96 h. In the TSC, participants performed as many repetitions as possible until reaching a 20% drop in barbell velocity (MPV), while in the CSC, they performed the same number of repetitions with 15 seconds inter-repetition rest. Effects of both protocols in MPV, countermovement jump height (CMJ), and blood lactate (BLa) were measured. Significant differences between protocols were found for MPV of the last repetition (0.4 vs 0.5 m/s TSC and CSC) and BLa (6.8 mmol/L vs 3.2 mmol/L TSC and CSC). Significant drop of velocity from the first to the last repetition of the set (19.9%), decrease in CMJ height (35.4 vs 32.6 cm), and increase in BLa (2.1 vs 6.8 mmol/L) pre-post-exercise was observed just for the TSC protocol. The results of the present study showed that CSC reduces the lactate response and mechanical fatigue produced by a single set on the half squat exercise in comparison with TSC.
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