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  • Sports Science
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Strength and Conditioning

Background:

  • Complex training aims to enhance performance through postactivation potentiation (PAP) using high-load resistance exercises.
  • Blood flow-restricted (BFR) resistance training offers similar adaptations to high-load training but with lower loads.
  • The effectiveness of BFR in complex training protocols for inducing PAP is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the efficacy and feasibility of blood flow-restricted complex training in eliciting postactivation potentiation.
  • To compare the effects of high-load (HL) and BFR complex training on vertical jump performance and muscle activation.

Main Methods:

  • Fifteen resistance-trained men performed two complex training sessions: one with high-load squats and one with blood flow-restricted squats.
  • Each session included pre- and post-exercise vertical jumps (VJs) and vastus lateralis and hamstring electromyography (EMG) measurements.
  • Postactivation potentiation was calculated as the percentage change in VJ height from pre- to post-exercise.

Main Results:

  • Neither high-load nor blood flow-restricted complex training resulted in postactivation potentiation (PAP < 100%).
  • Vertical jump height significantly decreased after both high-load (96.1%) and BFR (90.8%) complex training conditions.
  • Higher vastus lateralis and hamstring EMG amplitude was observed during high-load training compared to BFR training.

Conclusions:

  • The complex training protocols used in this study were ineffective in inducing postactivation potentiation for vertical jump performance.
  • Both high-load and blood flow-restricted complex training led to a decrease in subsequent vertical jump height.
  • Factors such as training status and relative strength may influence the outcomes of complex training protocols.