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Effects of Eight-Week Circuit Training with Core Exercises on Performance in Adult Male Soccer Players
Core exercises have been widely promoted in the last 25 years. However, the scientific debate about its efficacy for improving individual and team sports performance is still open. Thus, the present study aims to investigate the effects of circuit training with a core exercise program on physical pe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9497503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36135224 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12090086 |
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author | Belli, Guido Marini, Sofia Mauro, Mario Maietta Latessa, Pasqualino Toselli, Stefania |
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description | Core exercises have been widely promoted in the last 25 years. However, the scientific debate about its efficacy for improving individual and team sports performance is still open. Thus, the present study aims to investigate the effects of circuit training with a core exercise program on physical performance in competitive amateur soccer players. The training was conducted during the off-season period, two times per week for 8 weeks. Pre- and post-evaluations were conducted using the following tests: Y-Balance Test (YB), standing long jump (SLJ), medicine ball chest press (MBC), curl-up (CU), and Illinois Agility Test (IAT). A total of 19 adults were divided into an experimental group (EG, n = 11, age 22 years, weight 71.2 ± 4.8 kg, height 174 ± 5.8 cm) and a control group (CG, n = 8, age 22 years, weight 73.2 ± 4.1 Kg, height 176 ± 6.3 cm). The EG showed significant improvements in lower and upper body strength, core endurance and balance, whereas the CG did not report significant changes in the pre- and post-test comparison. Despite study limitations, our positive results show that circuit training with core exercises appears to be a good strategy for performance improvement in adult soccer players. |
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spelling | pubmed-94975032022-09-23 Effects of Eight-Week Circuit Training with Core Exercises on Performance in Adult Male Soccer Players Belli, Guido Marini, Sofia Mauro, Mario Maietta Latessa, Pasqualino Toselli, Stefania Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ Article Core exercises have been widely promoted in the last 25 years. However, the scientific debate about its efficacy for improving individual and team sports performance is still open. Thus, the present study aims to investigate the effects of circuit training with a core exercise program on physical performance in competitive amateur soccer players. The training was conducted during the off-season period, two times per week for 8 weeks. Pre- and post-evaluations were conducted using the following tests: Y-Balance Test (YB), standing long jump (SLJ), medicine ball chest press (MBC), curl-up (CU), and Illinois Agility Test (IAT). A total of 19 adults were divided into an experimental group (EG, n = 11, age 22 years, weight 71.2 ± 4.8 kg, height 174 ± 5.8 cm) and a control group (CG, n = 8, age 22 years, weight 73.2 ± 4.1 Kg, height 176 ± 6.3 cm). The EG showed significant improvements in lower and upper body strength, core endurance and balance, whereas the CG did not report significant changes in the pre- and post-test comparison. Despite study limitations, our positive results show that circuit training with core exercises appears to be a good strategy for performance improvement in adult soccer players. MDPI 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9497503/ /pubmed/36135224 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12090086 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Belli, Guido Marini, Sofia Mauro, Mario Maietta Latessa, Pasqualino Toselli, Stefania Effects of Eight-Week Circuit Training with Core Exercises on Performance in Adult Male Soccer Players |
title | Effects of Eight-Week Circuit Training with Core Exercises on Performance in Adult Male Soccer Players |
title_full | Effects of Eight-Week Circuit Training with Core Exercises on Performance in Adult Male Soccer Players |
title_fullStr | Effects of Eight-Week Circuit Training with Core Exercises on Performance in Adult Male Soccer Players |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Eight-Week Circuit Training with Core Exercises on Performance in Adult Male Soccer Players |
title_short | Effects of Eight-Week Circuit Training with Core Exercises on Performance in Adult Male Soccer Players |
title_sort | effects of eight-week circuit training with core exercises on performance in adult male soccer players |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9497503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36135224 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12090086 |
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