plyometrics

Athletes are fortitude to use high-intensity training to prepare for competitions. They uses their entire stamina for their practice to show their better performances in various competitions. In this current review we would like to illustrate the probable effects lead by the high-intensity interval and resistance training on endurance performance and their related physiological measures of competitive endurance in athletes. A total number of 22 relevant training studies were taken in the present study. The training classification was based as per intervals (supramaximal, maximal, submaximal) and resistance (including explosive, plyometrics, and weights). All effects were converted on performance into percent changes by mean power and included physiological effects on measures that impact fortitude performance. The Endurance performance of the longest durations were enhanced mostly by the intervals of maximal and supramaximal intensities (~6%), but resistance training had smaller effects (~2%). Interval training achieved its effects through improvements of maximum oxygen consumption, anaerobic threshold and economy, whereas resistance training had benefits mainly on economy. Effects of some forms of high-intensity training on performance or physiology were unclear. All but one study was performed in non-competitive phases of the athletes’ programs, when there was a little or no high-intensity training. Endurance performance of the shortest durations was enhanced most by supramaximal intervals (~4%) and explosive sport-specific resistance training (4-8%). The present study concludes that addition of explosive resistance and high-intensity interval training to a generally low-intensity training program will produce substantial gains in performance.