Does continuous plyometric training improve long distance running performance ?

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• Keywords: ランニングエコノミー / 走の経済性 / 弾性エネルギー

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.

Free Research Field

運動生理学