The Claim
In male collegiate athletes, performing high-load back squats at 85% of one-repetition maximum (1RM) as resistance priming is associated with progressive improvement in dynamic balance, as measured by the Y-balance test, with performance increasing from baseline to 6 hours post-exercise and peaking at 24 hours, with no significant differences observed between rest-redistribution and traditional set protocols, suggesting that the enhancement in balance is time-dependent rather than influenced by the specific resistance training protocol used.
What the research says
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When male college athletes do heavy squats, their balance gets better over the next day, peaking at 24 hours — and it doesn’t matter how they spaced out their sets, just that time passed.
See the scientific wording
In male collegiate athletes, resistance priming via high-load back squats at 85% 1RM is associated with progressive improvement in dynamic balance, as measured by the Y-balance test, with performance increasing from baseline (79.22 ± 3.44%) to 6 hours (81.53 ± 3.39%) and peaking at 24 hours (82.68 ± 3.6%, p < 0.001), and no significant differences between rest-redistribution and traditional set protocols, indicating that delayed balance enhancement is time-dependent rather than protocol-specific.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that doing heavy squats helped male college athletes balance better the next day, and this benefit was the same no matter how the sets were structured.
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