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  • Exercise Physiology
  • Biomechanics

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  • Agility and sprint performance are critical in many sports.
  • Pre-exercise interventions can potentially enhance athletic movements.
  • Dumbbell lateral squats (DBLS) are a resistance exercise targeting hip and leg strength.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of prior dumbbell lateral squats (DBLS) performance on the agility movement-into-a-sprint (AMS) test.
  • To determine if DBLS affects key biomechanical variables during the AMS test.

Main Methods:

  • Twelve resistance-trained collegiate baseball athletes participated.
  • Subjects underwent two conditions in a counterbalanced order: performing DBLS (1x5 reps at 5RM) or a 1-minute seated rest.
  • Following the intervention, athletes performed the AMS test, measuring 10-yard sprint time, foot contact time (FCT), stride frequency (SF), and stride length (SL).

Main Results:

  • No significant differences were found in FCT, SF, or SL between the DBLS and no-DBLS conditions.
  • A statistically significant improvement in AMS test time was observed following the DBLS condition (1.85 ± 0.09 s) compared to the no-DBLS condition (1.89 ± 0.10 s) (p = 0.03).

Conclusions:

  • Prior performance of dumbbell lateral squats (DBLS) can enhance agility movement-into-a-sprint (AMS) performance in collegiate baseball athletes.
  • DBLS may be a valuable warm-up or preparatory exercise for improving sprint-based agility.
  • The mechanism for improvement appears related to overall sprint time rather than specific stride parameters.