Upper-Body Strength Measures and Pop-Up Performance of Stronger and Weaker Surfers

Parsonage, Joanna; Secomb, Josh L.; Sheppard, Jeremy M.; Ferrier, Brendon K.; Dowse, Rebecca A.; Nimphius, Sophia

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability of the isometric push-up (IPU), dynamic push-up (DPU), and force plate pop-up (FP POP) as measures of upper-body isometric and dynamic strength qualities in surfing athletes. Furthermore, the study aimed to compare pop-up performance between stronger and weaker surfers. Eighteen female (n=9) and male (n=9) surfers (age=28.1±6.4 yrs, mass=69.6±10.4 kg, height=172.5±6.7 cm) completed a battery of upper-body strength assessments, of which exhibited high between-day reliability: (IPU, (CV%=4.7, ICC=0.96), DPU (CV%=5.0, ICC=0.90), FP POP (CV%=4.4, ICC=0.90). Participants were subsequently split into stronger (n=9) and weaker (n=9) surfers based on normalized peak force (PF) attained in the IPU. Pop-up performance was measured both in the water and during the FP POP, and was referred to as time to pop (TTP). Significant between group differences were observed for normalized PF during IPU (d=1.59, p

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 11, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Dec 11, 2017
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Deposit Date: Mar 5, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 12, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
• Print ISSN: 1064-8011
• Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 2982-2989
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000002377
• Keywords: Reliability, Isometric, and Dynamic, Novel, Force plate, Push-up, Surfing
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1076230
• Contract Date: Mar 5, 2018