Does continuous plyometric training improve long distance running performance ?

• Project/Area Number: 25350797
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Kyushu Kyoritsu University
• Principal Investigator: TOKUI MASATO 九州共立大学, スポーツ科学部, 教授 (00227571)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OGISO Kazuyuki 皇學館大学, 教育学部教育学科, 教授 (20249808)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: ランニングエコノミー / 走の経済性 / 弾性エネルギー / ジャンプ / バネ / 有酸素的持久性 / ランニング / 経済性 / 長距離ランナー / 筋腱複合体 / バネ能力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to verify the hypothesis that continuous plyometric training improve long distance running performance and to develop new long distance training method. 3 long distance runners performed continuous bilateral hopping below 1 minute,for around 5 days a week during 18 weeks. Running economy and distance performance before and after the period were examined. Running economy and running performance (running time in 5,000m) improved in 2 runners, and decreased in 1 runner. The result could not be sufficient to verify the hypothesis. The possible explanation was that training intensity employed in this study might be too low.

Research Products

• [Presentation] フラットフィーリングな着地イメージが走動作と地面反力へ及ぼす即時的効果 (2016)
  • Author(s): 得居雅人
  • Organizer: 第28回ランニング学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 環太平洋大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-12
• [Presentation] シンポジウム 長距離トレーニングの質的転換に向けて 第２部新たなトレーニング法の模索 「持久的プライオメトリックトレーニングは長距離走のパフォーマンスを向上させるか」 (2016)
  • Author(s): 得居雅人
  • Organizer: 第28回ランニング学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 環太平洋大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-12
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 陸上競技短・中距離選手の持続的ジャンプ能力特性 (2015)
  • Author(s): 得居雅人、小木曽一之
  • Organizer: 第70回日本体力医学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 和歌山県民文化会館
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-18
• [Presentation] Adaptation of leg extensor muscle activity to repeated maximal contractions (2015)
  • Author(s): Takenaka, M., Yamaguchi, K., Nagaoka, D., Takishita W., Tokui, M., Ogiso, K.
  • Organizer: 20th annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
  • Place of Presentation: Malmo, Sweden
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Effects of different ground conditions on walking performance. (2014)
  • Author(s): Takenaka M., Nagaoka D., Ogiso K., and Tokui M.
  • Organizer: 2nd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support
  • Place of Presentation: Rome
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-24 – 2014-10-26
• [Presentation] Effects of electrical stimulation of the calf muscles on jumping performance. (2014)
  • Author(s): Nagaoka D., Ogiso K., Takenaka M. and Tokui M.
  • Organizer: 2nd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support
  • Place of Presentation: Rome
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-24 – 2014-10-26
• [Presentation] Muscle Fiber Function during Rapid Movement Based Solely on Kinesthesia. (2014)
  • Author(s): K.Ogiso, K.Hir ose, M.Takenaka, D.Nagaoka and M.Tokui.
  • Organizer: 2nd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support
  • Place of Presentation: Rome
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-24 – 2014-10-26
• [Presentation] Muscle-tendon complex elasticity in Kenyan elite runners (2013)
  • Author(s): Kazuyuki Ogiso, Masato Tokui
  • Organizer: The 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Exercise and Sports Science
  • Place of Presentation: Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan