Open AccessLunge as a Sport-specific Exercise: A Mini Review
Author(s) -
Ali Md Nadzalan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of engineering and science research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2289-7127
DOI - 10.26666/rmp.jesr.2018.1.2
Subject(s) - athletes , physical medicine and rehabilitation , resistance training , physical therapy , muscle architecture , affect (linguistics) , psychology , training (meteorology) , fascicle , medicine , anatomy , communication , physics , meteorology
As a way to enhance performance in sports, apart from in-field or in court training, athletes are recommended to adopt resistance training into their training routine. As an exercise that needs the performer to split their legs, lunge is suggested to be included as an exercise in a training session. Various researches had been conducted on lunge and several findings showed different methods or protocols of lunge affect the kinematics, kinetics muscle activation and fascicle behaviour response during the exercise. Although not much study conducted on the chronic adaptations, the existing studies suggested that performers should well plan the training protocols as this will cause different training adaptations.