Strength and Conditioning for Fencing
Author
Turner, Anthony
Miller, Stuart
Stewart, Perry
Cree, Jon
Ingram, Rhys
Dimitriou, Lygeri
Moody, Jeremy A.
Kilduff, Liam
Date
2013-02Acceptance date
2013
Type
Article
Publisher
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins
ISSN
1533-4295
Metadata
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SUMMARY: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO FENCING IS SPARSE AND LITTLE RELATES TO STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING. IN OUR EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITHIN FENCING, IT IS A PREDOMINATELY ANAEROBIC SPORT CHARACTERISED BY EXPLOSIVE HIGH-POWER MOVEMENTS. CONSEQUENTLY, FENCERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL TRAINING METHODS CURRENTLY USED SUCH AS LONG SLOW DISTANCE RUNNING BECAUSE THIS IS LIKELY TO BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO PERFORMANCE. INSTEAD, EXERCISES AND CONDITIONING DRILLS THAT DEVELOP REPEAT LUNGE ABILITY, STRENGTH, AND POWER SHOULD BE USED. THE HIGH PROPORTION OF LUNGING ALSO DICTATES THE NEED FOR ECCENTRIC STRENGTH AND CONTROL AND THE ABILITY TO REDUCE MUSCLE DAMAGE.
Journal/conference proceeding
Strength and Conditioning Journal;
Citation
Turner, A., Miller, S., Stewart, P., Cree, J., Ingram, R., Dimitriou, L., Moody, J. and Kilduff, L. (2013) 'Strength and conditioning for fencing', Strength & Conditioning Journal, 35(1), pp.1-9. DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e31826e7283.
Description
Article published in Strength and Conditioning Journal in February 2013, available open access at: https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0b013e31826e7283.
Sponsorship
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
Collections
- Sport Research Groups [1083]