ArticleBiology of sport2025
Effects of light-load vs. heavy-load jump squats as priming activities in Olympic female rugby sevens players.
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- The effects of morning priming exercise on afternoon physical and cognitive performance in female field hockey players.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Priming magnitude and retention in highly trained male volleyball players are unaffected by exercise type, muscle temperature, or viscoelasticity.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Resistance priming strategies in professional Spanish soccer: A survey study into the practices and perceptions of strength and conditioning coaches.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of match-day priming strategies on physical and technical performance in female basketball players.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Priming strategies to enhance sprint performance in highly trained athletes across sports: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Neuromechanical effects and predictive profiling of sprint priming strategies in elite youth sprinters.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Loading strategies for countermovement jump: an exploratory comparison of modality and load.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Priming Exercises and Their Potential Impact on Speed and Power Performance: A Narrative Review.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Review
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Abstract
Priming activities have been widely used by coaches as a strategy to enhance physical performance within short periods (6-24 hours) before sport-specific training sessions and competitions. In this crossover study, we examined and compared the effects of two different priming schemes on the speed-power performance of female rugby sevens players. One hour after completing a standardized warm-up and a series of measurements including loaded and unloaded jumps and speed-related tests, twenty Olympic female rugby sevens players performed, one week apart, 6 sets of 6 reps of jump-squats (JS) at either 40% (light-load; LL) or 80% 1RM (heavy-load; HL). Countermovement jump height increased significantly 6-h after both loading conditions (ES=0.50 and 0.34, for LL and HL, respectively;
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