The Impact of Different Loading and Recovery Techniques on Maximum Strength Performance of Weightlifters During Off-Season

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of different loading procedure on maximum strength performance of Weightlifters during off-season. The subjects were selected from institutions Christ College (Autonomous) Irinjalakuda, Mar Dionysius College, Pazhanji, Kerala and Thrissur weightlifting academy, Kerala. A total of thirty (N = 30) subjects were selected for the experimental purpose of this study and divided them equally in to three groups (n= 10) heavy loading group, moderate loading group and control group. The experimental group was selected from only the subjects those who had University performance within the last three years. Squat, Front press and Clean Dead performance were selected as the criterion variable (dependent) for this study. Heavy intensity exercises and Moderate intensity exercises were selected as the independent variables for this study. In heavy loading pattern the Weightlifters were undergone for 6 days heavy exercises.  In moderate loading pattern the Weightlifters were undergone for 3 days heavy exercises and 3 days low intensity exercises. 1 RM test* was utilized for measuring the strength of selected players. In this study purposive random group design was utilized to determine the effect of heavy loading strengthening exercise and moderate loading strengthening exercise on maximum strength performance. Total duration of the training program was 3 months. The total duration of each training period was 120 minutes, including warm up, training and cooling down. There were three groups in this study named as heavy loading exercise group, moderate loading exercise group and control group. A pre-test was conducted at the beginning of the training programme. A mid-test was conducted at the end of the second month. A one week of active rest was given to the subjects before the administration of the final teat and it was conducted after the 4-month training programme.   The control group hasn’t taken part in any training programme. Analysis of co-variance ANACOVA was utilized to measure the difference between the heavy loading exercise group, moderate loading exercise group and control group. The finding of the study revealed that, comparatively the heavy loading exercise group and moderate loading exercise group were positively effective to the maximum strength performance of the selected players. These two groups scored more than the control group. The moderate loading exercise group had scored more than both heavy loading exercise group and control group in post-test scores.