Frequency and pattern of voluntary pedalling is influenced after one week of heavy strength training |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, No.36, Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, P.R. China;2. Department of Infectious Disease, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, No.36, Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, P.R. China;3. Department of Ultrasound, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, No.36, Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang, 110004, P.R. China |
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Abstract: | Changes in voluntary rhythmic leg movement characteristics of freely chosen cadence (reflecting movement frequency) and tangential pedal force profile (reflecting movement pattern) were investigated during 4 weeks of (i) heavy hip extension strength training (HET, n = 9), (ii) heavy hip flexion strength training (HFT, n = 9), and (iii) no intervention (CON, n = 9). Training consisted of three 5RM–10RM sets per session, with two sessions/week. Submaximal ergometer cycling was performed before the training period (pretest) and after every week of training (test A1, A2, A3, and posttest). Strength increased by on average 25% in HET and 33% in HFT. Freely chosen cadence was only changed in HET, occurring already after 1 week of training. Thus, percentage reductions of cadence in HET at test A1, A2, A3, and posttest, with respect to the pretest value, amounted for maximally on average 17%, or 14 rpm, and were larger than the corresponding changes in CON (p = .037). Percentage increases in minimum tangential pedal force in HET at test A1, A2, A3, and posttest, with respect to the pretest value, were larger than the corresponding changes in CON (p = .024). Heavy hip flexion strength training did not cause such alterations. |
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Keywords: | Movement control Pedal force Preferred pedaling rate Voluntary motor behavior Weight training |
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