PMID- 29910350
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 2075-4663 (Electronic)
IS  - 2075-4663 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 2
DP  - 2018 May 23
TI  - Identifying a Test to Monitor Weightlifting Performance in Competitive Male and 
      Female Weightlifters.
LID - 10.3390/sports6020046 [doi]
LID - 46
AB  - Monitoring tests are commonly used to assess weightlifter’s preparedness 
      for competition. Although various monitoring tests have been used, it is not 
      clear which test is the strongest indicator of weightlifting performance. 
      Therefore, the purpose of this study was to (1) determine the relationships 
      between vertical jump, isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) and weightlifting 
      performance; and (2) compare vertical jumps to IMTP as monitoring tests of 
      weightlifting performance in a large cohort of male and female weightlifters. 
      METHODS: Fifty-two competitive weightlifters (31 males, 21 females) participated 
      in squat and countermovement jump testing (SJ, CMJ), and IMTP testing performed 
      on force plates. All laboratory testing data was correlated to a recent 
      competition where the athletes had attempted to peak. RESULTS: Squat jump height 
      (SJH) was the strongest correlate for men and women with the Sinclair Total (r = 
      0.686, p ≤ 0.01; r = 0.487, p ≤ 0.05, respectively) compared to 
      countermovement jump height (r = 0.642, p ≤ 0.01; r = 0.413, p = 0.063), IMTP 
      peak force allometrically scaled to body mass (r = 0.542, p ≤ 0.01; r = 
      −0.044, p = 0.851) and rate of force development at 200 ms (r = 0.066, p = 
      0.723; r = 0.086, p = 0.711), respectively. Further, SJH was a stronger correlate 
      of relative weightlifting performance compared to IMTP peak force in females (p = 
      0.042), but not male weightlifters (p = 0.191). CONCLUSIONS: Although CMJ and 
      IMTP are still considered strong indicators of weightlifting performance, SJH 
      appears to be the most indicative measure of weightlifting performance across a 
      wide-range of performance levels. Thus, SJH can be used as a reliable measure to 
      monitor weightlifting performance in male and female weightlifters.
FAU - Travis, S Kyle
AU  - Travis SK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7566-0669
AD  - Department of Sport, Exercise, Recreation, and Kinesiology, East Tennessee State 
      University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. travissk@etsu.edu.
FAU - Goodin, Jacob R
AU  - Goodin JR
AD  - Department of Sport, Exercise, Recreation, and Kinesiology, East Tennessee State 
      University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. goodinj@etsu.edu.
FAU - Beckham, George K
AU  - Beckham GK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5802-6487
AD  - Kinesiology Department, California State University, Seaside, CA 93955, USA. 
      gbeckham@csumb.edu.
FAU - Bazyler, Caleb D
AU  - Bazyler CD
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6091-1266
AD  - Department of Sport, Exercise, Recreation, and Kinesiology, East Tennessee State 
      University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. bazyler@etsu.edu.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180523
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Sports (Basel)
JT  - Sports (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101722684
PMC - PMC6026842
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Sinclair
OT  - clean and jerk
OT  - countermovement jump
OT  - isometric mid-thigh pull
OT  - jump height
OT  - peak force
OT  - rate of force development
OT  - snatch
OT  - squat jump
OT  - weightlifters
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2018/06/19 06:00
MHDA- 2018/06/19 06:01
PMCR- 2018/05/23
CRDT- 2018/06/19 06:00
PHST- 2018/04/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/05/17 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/05/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/06/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/06/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/06/19 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/05/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - sports6020046 [pii]
AID - sports-06-00046 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/sports6020046 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sports (Basel). 2018 May 23;6(2):46. doi: 10.3390/sports6020046.