The purpose of the study was to compare the linear kinematics of the barbell and the angular kinematics of the lower limb during the snatch lifts of two different barbell weights in elite male adolescent weightlifters. In the national team level, nine elite male adolescent weightlifters participated in the study. The snatch lifts were recorded by two video cameras under competitive conditions i...

The purpose of the investigation was to compare the kinematics and kinetics of the deadlift performed with 2 distinct barbells across a range of submaximal loads. Nineteen male powerlifters performed the deadlift with a conventional straight barbell and a hexagonal barbell that allowed the lifter to stand within its frame. Subjects performed trials at maximum speed with loads of 10, 20, 30, 40,...

This paper proposes a generic lifting technology (Barbell Lifting), where each predicting or updating signal is generated with a Barbell function instead of always a sample from single direction or bi-direction, to incorporate various motion alignment methods into temporal wavelet transform. The proposed lifting technology embraces fractional pixel motion alignment, variable block size motion a...

In this work, the inverse eigenvalue problem is completely solved for a subfamily of clique-path graphs, in particular lollipop graphs and generalized barbell graphs. For matrix A with associated graph G, new technique utilizing strong spectral property introduced, allowing us to construct A′ whose obtained from G by appending clique while arbitrary list eigenvalues added spectrum. Consequently...

The back squat and barbell hip thrust are both popular exercises used to target the lower body musculature; however, these exercises have yet to be compared. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the surface electromyographic (EMG) activity of the upper and lower gluteus maximus, biceps femoris, and vastus lateralis between the back squat and barbell hip thrust. Thirteen trained w...

The purpose of this study was to compare one-repetition maximum (1-RM) and muscle activity in three chest-press exercises with different stability requirements (Smith machine, barbell, and dumbbells). Twelve healthy, resistance-trained males (age 22.7 ± 1.7 years, body mass 78.6 ± 7.6 kg, stature 1.80 ± 0.06 m) were tested for 1-RM of the three chest-press exercises in counterbalanced order wit...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the validity, reliability, and accuracy of new wearable and smartphone-based technology for the measurement of barbell velocity in resistance training exercises. To do this, 10 highly trained powerlifters (age = 26.1 ± 3.9 years) performed 11 repetitions with loads ranging 50-100% of the 1-Repetition maximum in the bench-press, full-squat, and hip-thrust...

In this note we confirm a conjecture raised by Benjamini et al. [BST13] on the acquaintance time of graphs, proving that for all graphs G with n vertices it holds that AC(G) = O(n3/2), which is tight up to a multiplicative constant. This is done by proving that for all graphs G with n vertices and maximal degree ∆ it holds that AC(G) ≤ 20∆n. Combining this with the bound AC(G) ≤ O(n2/∆) from [B...

The purpose was to specify the lower extremity joint angles in different squats for future development of adequate computational models joints. Methods. We investigated joints 103 athletes types with and without added weight (barbell) 75% 1 repetition maximum. Results. mean knee hip flexion ankle dorsiflexion horizontal are respectively 113.42°, 128.21°, 23.27°; half-squats 70.60°, 87.94°, 15.6...