Thursday, 7 August 2008
Results from the Pilot Study
Below are the graphs showing the results from our pilot study at York st John's University. Firstly a big thank you to John Gray for working with us on this and being the brains behind it all. Secondly, although just a pilot study and not conclusive set of results, these graphs do show some really interesting results.
John has taken a look at the initial results and has the following observations:
you appear to sustain high (80-90%)exercise for 4 minutes.
Doing intervals is possible and it appears that it may be possible to tailor, depending on using either time or reps, to sustain a %HRR training zone and therefore develop a specific endurance component.
It seems that you don't reach a steady state after 5 minutes which would indicate that you are working anaerobically throughout, but, due to the length of time the force output can be maintained, this would appear advantageous for developing anaerobic endurance.
"it could be suggested that there appears an cardiovascular and muscular endurance advantage to adding swings and snatch to a kettlebell training routine. From the observations of similar movements with bar and dumbbell, the development of these components might not be possible to a similar degree with traditional weight training methods due to the inability to sustain the force output for a comparative length of time."
John Gray 2008
posted by Tommy Matthews @ 14:45
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1 Comments:
Alright chaps,
1) What weight was used by yourself and the beginner on the various efforts?
2) Was the snatch 2.5 mins straight on wach arm?
3) I think the fact that the beginner (who for us PT's is likely to involve someone not in the right shape for hard, high impact interval running) got to over 90% of their max just doing swings is a powerful message. Especially as that's in only 5 minutes. Obviously a that stage they're not ready for long sessions due to technique issues amongst others!
4) Definitely interested in being part of future tests. This is just what we need to convince the sceptics.
5) Do you intend to do any research into the effect on muscular strength e.g. in incidents of weak lower backs?
Speak soon,
Jon (www.stormforcefitness.com)
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