The effect of unilateral eccentric weight training and detraining on
joint angle specificity, cross-training, and the bilateral deficit.
Weir, JP, et al: The effect of unilateral concentric weight training and detraining on
joint angle specificity, cross-training, and the bilateral deficit.
Not exact matches
Fortunately, other research supports the presence of external load
specificity in conjunction with
joint angle - specific differences in neural drive.
If this is the case, we should find that the main causes of
specificity in strength gains after training with different types of external load are regional hypertrophy and
joint angle - specific changes in neural drive (especially at end range of motion).
This
specificity is likely attributable to differences in regional hypertrophy (which may be a function of different increases in muscle fascicle length) and
joint angle - specific changes in neural drive, just like partial and full range of motion training.
Sports
specificity relates to selecting the correct muscles,
joint angles, and postural positions to utilize during strength training.
So if different
joint angles are strengthened to a greater extent by common vertical (axial) exercises and by common horizontal (anteroposterior exercises), then this could lead to force - vector
specificity.