Thesis
Effects of Fat Gripz[TM] training by female university students, faculty and staff members on hand grip strength and maximal deadlift
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-6815
Abstract
The deadlift is a full body exercise that is incorporated into weight training programs to maximize muscular strength. Research has shown that deadlift training programs, based on multiple sets of fewer repetitions with heavier weight loads, elicit greater strength adaptations than conventional body building programs. While the large muscle groups of the body are heavily taxed during the performance of the deadlift, the ability of the trainee to maintain grip strength is a limiting factor that leads to the employment of mechanical ergogenic aids (i.e., lifting straps) in an effort to compensate for this strength imbalance and complete the movement. Therefore, training the finger flexors, specifically the flexor digitorum superficialis, with the use of a Fat Gripz™ augmented Olympic barbell, might lead to increased grip strength, and a greater change in deadlift five-repetition-maximum (5-RM). In this study, female university students were matched for hand grip strength and then randomly assigned to complete an eight-week deadlift training program using only an Olympic barbell (control group) or an Olympic barbell with Fat Gripz™ (intervention group). The primary aims of this research were to: (1) evaluate hand grip strength, measured by a grip force transducer; (2) compare 5-RM improvement following training with and without Fat Gripz™; (3) quantify the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle's adaptation to deadlift training using electromyography (EMG) analysis; and, (4) analyze the interaction of protein and energy intake with improvements in hand grip and 5-RM strength.
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- Title
- Effects of Fat Gripz[TM] training by female university students, faculty and staff members on hand grip strength and maximal deadlift
- Creators
- Harley C. Rogers - DU
- Contributors
- Stella L. Volpe (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- vii, 170 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Nutrition Sciences; College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 6815; 991014632277804721