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Educational Psychology

2015

University of South Florida

Periodization

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Comparison Of Powerlifting Performance In Trained Males Using Traditional And Flexible Dailyundulating Periodization, Ryan James Colquhoun Feb 2015

Comparison Of Powerlifting Performance In Trained Males Using Traditional And Flexible Dailyundulating Periodization, Ryan James Colquhoun

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Daily undulating periodization is a growing trend in the exercise science literature. Flexible daily undulating periodization allows for athletes to have some autonomy within a periodized training cycle and is a relatively new and unstudied concept. The comparison of a flexible and traditional daily undulating periodization program using trained males has not been examined in the literature. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of Flexible and Traditional Daily Undulating Periodization models on powerlifting performance in trained males.

25 resistance-trained males (23±6 years; 79±22 kg) completed a 9-week resistance-training program and were randomly assigned to one of …