The Effect of 12-Week Traditional Resistance Training Applied to Elite Curling Athletes on Muscular Endurance

Background. The purpose of study was to compare effects of 12-weeks tradinational resistance training (TRT) on total work (TW), relative peak work (RPW) and peak power (PP) in elite national curlers. Material and methods. Twenty-four participants were included in the study. Subjects were separated into two gorup, resistance training group (RES) and control group (CON). While RES performed 12-week TRT in addiction to curling training, CON just performed curling training. All twenty-four national elite curling athletes performed a body composition test and isokinetic strength test at 240-1/ms angular speed pre and post TRT. TW and PP values were directly obtained from isokinetic dynamometer and RPW was calculated by dividing the peak work values by the body weight of the person. The differences between RES/CON and pre-post in TW, RPW and PP variables were determined using an analysis of variance with ANOVA. Results. The data obtained from the research were shown as mean and standard deviation. Higher TW, RPW, and PP outputs were generated in the RES in comparison with the CON exercise (p < 0.05); but, flexion phases of TW and PP output were not significantly different in RES and CON groups at pre and post tests (p>0.05). The differences in RPW can be a result of body weight decreased with TRT. Conclusions. This research using TRT on elite curlers population provides ground work for future studies to different resistance training methods. This study is first resistance training study to improve strength on elite curlers. Therefore, future studies in this area may include to different level curlers, resistance training methods, ages.