Short-Term Seasonal Development of Anthropometry, Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Sport-Specific Performance in Young Olympic Weightlifters
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Design and Procedures
2.3. Assessment of Anthropometry and Body Composition
2.4. Assessment of Physical Fitness
2.5. Assessment of Sport-Specific Performance
2.6. Monitoring of Training Data
2.7. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Anthropometry and Body Composition
3.2. Muscle Strength/Power and Dynamic Balance
3.3. Sport-Specific Performance
3.4. Training Types and Volume
4. Discussion
4.1. Anthropometry and Body Composition
4.2. Muscle Strength/Power, Dynamic Balance, and Sport-Specific Performance
4.3. Limitations
5. Conclusions
6. Practical Applications
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Anthropometric and Body Composition Variables | N | T1 (Mean and SD) | T2 (Mean and SD) | T3 (Mean and SD) | T1–T2 (%) | T1–T3 (%) | T2–T3 (%) | Time (d) |
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Body height (cm) | 13 | 161.4 ± 11.6 | 162.6 ± 11.5 | 164.4 ± 11.1 | 0.7 ** | 1.8 *** | 1.1 *** | 5.7 *** |
Body mass (kg) | 13 | 55.5 ± 2.8 | 56.3 ± 2.8 | 58.6 ± 3.0 | 1.5 | 5.4 ** | 3.9 ** | 1.6 * |
BMI (kg/m2) | 13 | 20.9 ± 0.6 | 20.9 ± 0.5 | 21.3 ± 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
Lean body mass (kg) | 12 | 26.2 ± 1.5 | 27.4 ± 1.5 | 28.1 ± 1.5 | 4.4 *** | 6.7 *** | 2.4 ** | 1.7 ** |
Fat mass (%) | 12 | 16.9 ± 5.0 | 15.0 ± 4.9 | 16.5 ± 5.0 | −13.1 ** | −2.8 | 9.1 ** | 1.9 ** |
Upper limb lean mass (kg) | 12 | 4.9 ± 0.3 | 5.2 ± 0.3 | 5.6 ± 0.4 | 5.9 | 12.3 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
Lower limb lean mass (kg) | 12 | 14.1 ± 0.8 | 14.5 ± 0.8 | 15.0 ± 0.8 | 2.5 ** | 6.2 *** | 3.7 *** | 2.2 *** |
Measures of Physical Fitness and Sport-Specific Performance | N | T1 | T2 | T3 | T1–T2 (%) | T1–T3 (%) | T2–T3 (%) | Time (d) |
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(Mean and SD) | (Mean and SD) | (Mean and SD) | ||||||
Grip strength (kg/BM) | 13 | 0.54 ± 0.06 | 0.57 ± 0.07 | 0.56 ± 0.07 | 6.2 | 4.3 | −1.7 | 0.8 |
CMJ (cm) | 13 | 28.0 ± 6.2 | 28.5 ± 5.46 | 29.1 ± 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
DJ (cm) | 13 | 22.9 ± 3.5 | 23.9 ± 5.3 | 23.1 ± 3.8 | 3.9 | 0.8 | −3.2 | 0.3 |
RSI (m/s) | 13 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 1.1 ± 0.3 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 9.9 * | 4.8 | −5.7 | 1.1 * |
DJ contact time (ms) | 13 | 255.1 ± 57.8 | 216.7 ± 15.0 | 222.9 ± 28.4 | −15.3 | −12.6 | 2.9 | 1.3 |
Y–balance–test right leg (score) | 13 | 101.5 ± 5.2 | 101.0 ± 5.9 | 101.3 ± 6.2 | −0.5 | −0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Y-balance-test left leg (score) | 13 | 101.7 ± 4.8 | 101.3 ± 7.7 | 103.6 ± 6.2 | −0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 |
Snatch (kg/BM) | 9 | 0.79 ± 0.14 | 0.84 ± 0.12 | 0.88 ± 0.10 | 6.2 ** | 11.3 ** | 4.8 | 2.7 *** |
Clean-and-Jerk (kg/BM) | 9 | 1.00 ± 0.17 | 1.05 ± 0.15 | 1.10 ± 0.15 | 4.9 * | 9.8 ** | 4.6* | 3.1 *** |
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Chaabene, H.; Prieske, O.; Lesinski, M.; Sandau, I.; Granacher, U. Short-Term Seasonal Development of Anthropometry, Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Sport-Specific Performance in Young Olympic Weightlifters. Sports 2019, 7, 242. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7120242
Chaabene H, Prieske O, Lesinski M, Sandau I, Granacher U. Short-Term Seasonal Development of Anthropometry, Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Sport-Specific Performance in Young Olympic Weightlifters. Sports. 2019; 7(12):242. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7120242
Chicago/Turabian StyleChaabene, Helmi, Olaf Prieske, Melanie Lesinski, Ingo Sandau, and Urs Granacher. 2019. "Short-Term Seasonal Development of Anthropometry, Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Sport-Specific Performance in Young Olympic Weightlifters" Sports 7, no. 12: 242. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7120242
APA StyleChaabene, H., Prieske, O., Lesinski, M., Sandau, I., & Granacher, U. (2019). Short-Term Seasonal Development of Anthropometry, Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Sport-Specific Performance in Young Olympic Weightlifters. Sports, 7(12), 242. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7120242