ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2021
Periodization: Variation in the Definition and Discrepancies in Study Design.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Reverse Periodization for Improving Sports Performance: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
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- A practical framework for the design of resistance exercise interventions in oncology research settings-a narrative review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Review
- 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
- Toward a New Paradigm in Resistance Training by Means of Velocity Monitoring: A Critical and Challenging Narrative.Sports medicine - open · 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 and Programming for Individual 400 m Medley Swimmers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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Abstract
Over the past several decades, periodization has been widely accepted as the gold standard of training theory. Within the literature, there are numerous definitions for periodization, which makes it difficult to study. When examining the proposed definitions and related studies on periodization, problems arise in the following domains: (1) periodization has been proposed to serve as the macro-management of the training process concerning the annual plan, yet research on long-term effects is scarce; (2) periodization and programming are being used interchangeably in research; and (3) training is not periodized alongside other stressors such as sport (i.e., only resistance training is being performed without the inclusion of sport). Overall, the state of the literature suggests that the inability to define periodization makes the statement of its superiority difficult to experimentally test. This paper discusses the proposed definitions of periodization and the study designs which have been employed to examine the concept.
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