The one-repetition maximum (1RM) method is ubiquitously used among resistance training coaches and practitioners for prescribing exercise load in relative terms (i.e., %1RM) [ 1 ]. Despite being a highly valid approach, 1RM is not without …

Obesity is considered as a major public health problem and a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. The rapid increase in obesity pandemic proportions is a major challenge in recent years [ 1 ].

Basketball is a team sport that requires various skills such as physical strength, speed, balance, coordination, jumping, and flexibility [ 1 ]. Therefore, players need adequate balance and strength to successfully perform high-intensity movements …

Soccer is a complex and unpredictable sport whose performance depends on tactical, technical, and physical demands [ 1 – 3 ]. Several studies [ 4 – 7 ], have identified suggested contextual factors (e.g., competition stage, match location, quality …

In the dynamic world of sports, understanding the intricate relationship between achievement motivation and performance is crucial for fostering athletes' growth and success. This study delves into the realm of judo athletes in Baguio City …

Many sports clubs and national governing bodies sport invest substantial resources into the identification of young gifted or talented athletes to ensure that the most promising receive high-quality coaching and training conditions [ 1 ]. Body size …

The non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are receiving more and more notoriety in the literature for their negative impact on the lives of those who live with the disease, which may appear years before the diagnosis and preceded by the …

Ski-orienteering, which combines cross-country skiing with orienteering, dates back to the late 1800s, with the first World Championships in 1975. While researchers have explored the physiological and biomechanical determinants of success in …

In a range of different sports, muscle power is essential for the execution of several motor actions involved in sport-specific technical and locomotor activities, such as jumps and sprints, with or without change of direction and accelerations [ 1 …]. For this reason, strength and conditioning coaches have searched training methods capable of improving athletes’ power production capacity. The specific workload in which power production is maximized has been called optimum power load. The optimum power may be determined using any device capable of measuring or estimating mechanical power in a given exercise, providing progressive increments of load (generally body mass—BM) until a clear decrease in power production is consistently observed [

Approximately 609 million adults have body mass index (BMI) at levels indicating obesity, a worldwide worrisome scenario [ 1 ]. The prevalence of weight excess (i.e. overweight and obesity) represents nearly a third of the entire world population …

Complex problems are difficult to understand and intervene in because of the multiple non-linear relationships between the factors causing them [ 1 ]. Overweight and obesity in adolescence are a clear example of a complex, challenging situation, as …

In the past years, more attention has been paid to the role and importance of the core muscles in the biomechanics of the lower limbs. So that the new theories show that the weakness or lack of endurance of the core muscles can be a factor in the …

Football is a sport in which players are exposed to high external loads, both in distance traveled and high-intensity activities [ 1 ]. To achieve high performance, soccer players have to develop and excel in technical, tactical, physiological, and …

We investigated the effectiveness of a resistance training (RT) protocol with lower volume and lower load in the body recomposition of postmenopausal women, and to determine whether changes in body recomposition induced by RT would be associated …

Physical exercise is key to successful ageing and has beneficial effects on physical (e.g., muscle strength and mobility), cognitive (e.g., depression) [ 1 ], and social functions [ 2 ]. Maintaining regular physical activity promotes well-being …

Ski mountaineering is a winter sport that involves alternately climbing and descending snowy slopes and can be practiced either for recreational or competitive purposes.

Physical training has been used as a tool to improve functional, cardiorespiratory, psychological, and quality of life (QOL) aspects of adults with spine cord injury (SCI) [ 1 ]. One of the possibilities of physical training is resistance training …

Adolescent athletes require a well-planned diet to meet the nutritional demands of growth and development, over and above training. They tend to resort to faulty food habits influenced by peers and are vulnerable to nutritional deficiencies. And …

The use of music during exercise can be traced back to Ancient Greece, when athletes used to listen to the flute or oboe while practicing it [ 1 ]. In recent years, the use of music as an ergogenic aid has been the focus of several research groups …

Para Powerlifting (PP) is an adaptation of conventional powerlifting with bench press weightlifting being the only exercise for dispute [ 1 ], which became a paralympic sports discipline in 1984. It is performed with the athlete fully on the bench …