SynthesisPloS one2022
The effect of flywheel training on strength and physical capacities in sporting and healthy populations: An umbrella review.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Effects of Advanced Resistance Training Prescription Methods on Strength, Power, Hypertrophy, and Performance Adaptations in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Building for the Future: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Eccentric Resistance Training on Measures of Physical Performance in Youth Athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
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- What is resistance exercise? A review of current uses and potential ways forward.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
- Acute effects of flywheel resistance training on jump and sprint performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis of inertial-load and rest-interval moderators.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Is lower training frequency more effective? Dose-response relationship of in-season flywheel resistance training on vertical jump and sprint performance in male team-sport athletes: a meta analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Do Flywheel Exercises Provide Eccentric-Overload Training?Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Assessing Reliability in Flywheel Squat Performance: The Role of Sex and Inertial Load.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- PAPE Effect in Female Footballers: Analyzing the Benefits of Different Flywheel Protocols.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Value of the First Repetition: Force, Impulse, and Linear Velocity in Flywheel Deadlifts and Their Link to Maximal Free-Weight Strength.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of Different Moments of Inertia on Neuromuscular Performance in Elite Female Soccer Players During Hip Extension Exercise to Prevent Hamstring Asymmetries and Injuries: A Cross-Sectional Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Manipulating Resistance Exercise Variables to Improve Jumps, Sprints, and Changes of Direction in Soccer: What We Know and What We Don't Know.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- The Acute Effect of Different Cluster Set Intra-Set Rest Interval Configurations on Mechanical Power Measures During a Flywheel Resistance Training Session.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comparing the Effect of Isoinertial Flywheel Training and Traditional Resistance Training on Maximal Strength and Muscle Power in Healthy People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Current Guidelines for the Implementation of Flywheel Resistance Training Technology in Sports: A Consensus Statement.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Effects of single and repeated bouts of flywheel exercise on jump performance and muscle damage in athletes and non athletes.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Flywheel resistance training in football: a useful rehabilitation tool for practitioners.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Effects of variable intensity and constant intensity flywheel resistance training programs on specific soccer players' performance.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Flywheel Romanian Deadlift: Intra- and Inter-Day Kinetic and Kinematic Reliability of Four Inertial Loads Using Cluster Sets.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
The aim of this umbrella review was to provide a detailed summary of how flywheel training enhances strength and physical capacities in healthy and athletic populations. The eleven reviews included were analyzed for methodological quality according to the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Review 2 (AMSTAR 2) and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) criteria. Two were systematic reviews, six were systematic reviews with meta-analyses and three were narrative reviews. Although the included reviews support use of flywheel training with athletic and healthy populations, the umbrella review highlights disparity in methodological quality and over-reporting of studies (38 studies were included overall). Flywheel post-activation performance enhancement protocols can effectively enhance strength and physical capacities acutely with athletes and healthy populations. All relevant reviews support flywheel training as a valid alternative to traditional resistance training for enhancing muscular strength, power, and jump performance with untrained and trained populations alike. Similarly, reviews included report flywheel training enhances change of direction performance-although conclusions are based on a limited number of investigations. However, the reviews investigating the effect of flywheel training on sprint performance highlight some inconsistency in attained improvements with elite athletes (e.g., soccer players). To optimize training outcomes, it is recommended practitioners individualize (i.e., create inertia-power or inertia-velocity profiles) and periodize flywheel training using the latest guidelines. This umbrella review provides an analysis of the literature's strengths and limitations, creating a clear scope for future investigations.
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