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A Comparative Study of High-Intensity Flywheel Eccentric Training and Traditional Barbell Training on Athletic
Jinkun Xue1, Wei Gao1, Caiqi Zhang1
1Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Physical Fitness and Sports Rehabilitation, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Abstract:
Flywheel eccentric training is a type of training that combines concentric and eccentric contractions by creating inertial resistance with a flywheel device. This study compared the effects of high-intensity flywheel eccentric training and traditional barbell training on the anaerobic capacity and lower-limb strength of female college basketball players. Sixteen female Chinese University Basketball League (CUBAL) athletes from a university were recruited and randomly divided into flywheel eccentric training and traditional barbell training groups, with eight athletes in each group. They underwent two training sessions per week for 8 weeks. The athletes were assessed for their anaerobic capacity (blood lactate concentrations, peak anaerobic power, mean anaerobic power, fatigue index, 30-m sprint, T-test, and 17×15-m shuttle run), and lower-limb strength (1RM back squat, CMJ, peak power output (PPO), and isokinetic muscle strength) before and after the training intervention. After the training intervention, there was a significant difference between the flywheel eccentric training and traditional barbell training groups in each test index when compared to before and after the within-group experiment (P < 0.05). Between groups, there were significant differences in 3 min blood lactate concentrations (P < 0.05, d = 1.09), peak anaerobic power (P < 0.05; d = 1.10), mean anaerobic power (P < 0.05; d = 1.21), fatigue index (P < 0.05; d = 1.20), 30-m sprint (P < 0.05; d = 1.38), T-test (P < 0.05; d = 1.12), 17×15-m shuttle run (P < 0.05; d = 1.31), 1RM back squat (P < 0.05; d = 1.08), CMJ (P < 0.05; d = 1.11), peak power output (PPO) (P < 0.05; d = 1.26), and isokinetic muscle strength (P < 0.05). This study revealed that high-intensity flywheel eccentric training significantly enhanced the players' anaerobic capacity and lower-limb strength and led to better performance than traditional barbell training across all measures.
