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Effect of various loads on the force-time characteristics of the hang high pull.
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (2015)
  • Timothy J. Suchomel, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
  • George K. Beckham, East Tennessee State University
  • Glenn A. Wright, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of various loads on the force-time characteristics associated with peak power during the hang high pull (HHP). Fourteen athletic men (age: 21.6 ± 1.3 years; height: 179.3 ± 5.6 cm; body mass: 81.5 ± 8.7 kg; 1 repetition maximum [1RM] hang power clean [HPC]: 104.9 ± 15.1 kg) performed sets of the HHP at 30, 45, 65, and 80% of their 1RM HPC. Peak force, peak velocity, peak power, force at peak power, and velocity at peak power were compared between loads. Statistical differences in peak force (p = 0.001), peak velocity (p < 0.001), peak power (p = 0.015), force at peak power (p < 0.001), and velocity at peak power (p < 0.001) existed, with the greatest values for each variable occurring at 80, 30, 45, 80, and 30% 1RM HPC, respectively. Effect sizes between loads indicated that larger differences in velocity at peak power existed as compared with those displayed by force at peak power. It seems that differences in velocity may contribute to a greater extent to differences in peak power production as compared with force during the HHP. Further investigation of both force and velocity at peak power during weightlifting variations is necessary to provide insight on the contributing factors of power production. Specific load ranges should be prescribed to optimally train the variables associated with power development during the HHP.
Keywords
  • power training,
  • weightlifting derivatives,
  • lowerbody power,
  • optimal load
Disciplines
Publication Date
May, 2015
DOI
10.1519/JSC.0000000000000748
Citation Information
Timothy J. Suchomel, George K. Beckham and Glenn A. Wright. "Effect of various loads on the force-time characteristics of the hang high pull." Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research Vol. 29 Iss. 5 (2015) p. 1295 - 1301
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/george-beckham/8/