Physiological mechanisms for warm-up exercise on sports performance: implication for establishing effective warm-up programs to enhance muscle performance

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25702038
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
• Principal Investigator: MIYAMOTO Naokazu 鹿屋体育大学, スポーツ生命科学系, 准教授 (20420408)
• Research Collaborator: HIRATA Kosuke 鹿屋体育大学, 特任研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 活動後増強 / 筋疲労 / 最大筋力 / 筋パワー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Pre-exercise warm-up is performed with the expectation that it will enhance the subsequent performance. However, little is known about how one should warm-up. Therefore, the present study aimed to establish proper warm-up programs to enhance voluntary dynamic/explosive performance. The findings obtained from the present experiments suggest that high-intensity, short-duration (~ 5 s) muscle contractions performed prior to the main action can be effective warm-up modality for dynamic/explosive performance even for athletes.

Free Research Field

トレーニング科学