Open AccessStrength Training: In Search of Optimal Strategies to Maximize Neuromuscular Performance
Author(s) -
Jacques Duchateau,
Séverine Stragier,
Stéphane Baudry,
A Carpentier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
exercise and sport sciences reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1538-3008
pISSN - 0091-6331
DOI - 10.1249/jes.0000000000000234
Subject(s) - blood flow restriction , strength training , training (meteorology) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , muscle strength , muscle hypertrophy , computer science , tension (geology) , medicine , physical therapy , resistance training , cardiology , materials science , physics , meteorology , metallurgy , ultimate tensile strength
Training with low-load exercise performed under blood flow restriction can augment muscle hypertrophy and maximal strength to a similar extent as the classical high-load strength training method. However, the blood flow restriction method elicits only minor neural adaptations. In an attempt to maximize training-related gains, we propose using other protocols that combine high voluntary activation, mechanical tension, and metabolic stress.