Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    Hope you’ve been enjoying the podcasts.  Thank you for your engagement, especially on social media. Today, we look into isometric training and how we approach this type of contraction. We believe this has application to the isometric work we do with our athletes.  At the same time, athletes need to be ready and physically able to handle this kind of training.    Progressive versus rapid rate of contraction during 7 wk of isometric resistance training. (PMID: 11445772) Maffiuletti NA Martin A     Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise  [01 Jul 2001, 33(7):1220-1227] Type: Comparative Study, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Journal Article https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00005768-200107000-00022   Abstract   PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of isometric training performed with progressive versus rapid rate of contraction on the knee extens