ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2026
Effects of a six-week combined tire-squat and explosive-kicking programme on roundhouse-kick performance in highly trained male Muay Thai athletes: a parallel-group controlled trial.
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Background: Muay Thai is a high-intensity striking sport requiring repeated roundhouse kicks performed with speed, force, and precision under fatigue. Although lower-limb resistance training is widely used in combat-sport conditioning, evidence for combined sport-specific programmes remains limited. This study investigated the effects of a six-week combined tire-squat and explosive-kicking programme on roundhouse-kick performance in highly trained male Muay Thai athletes. Methods: Thirty-nine highly trained male Muay Thai athletes (15-25 years) participated in this parallel-group controlled trial. Participants were allocated to an experimental group (EXP, Results: Significant group × time interactions were observed for stimulus-to-contact time, repeated-kicking performance decrement, and kicking consistency (all BH-adjusted Conclusions: A six-week combined tire-squat and explosive-kicking programme was associated with improvements in stimulus-to-contact time, repeated-kicking capacity (reflected by a lower repeated-kicking performance decrement index), and kicking consistency in highly trained Muay Thai athletes. The programme was associated with improvements in selected aspects of repeated roundhouse-kick performance. Because the intervention combined tire-squat exercise with explosive-kicking practice, the independent effects of each component could not be determined.
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