Effect of 5 Weeks Deadlift Training on Core Strength and Deadlift One Repetition Maximum Among Resistance Trained University College Students

Yap, Kar Seng (2018) Effect of 5 Weeks Deadlift Training on Core Strength and Deadlift One Repetition Maximum Among Resistance Trained University College Students. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of 5 weeks deadlift training on core strength and deadlift 1RM among resistance trained university college students. The deadlift training program was adopted from ACSM (2005a); Thompson et al. (2015) whereas the core training program was adopted from Weston, Hibbs, Thompson & Spears (2015). The participants were delimited to Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TARUC) students. The 20 subjects were aged between 20 to 25 years old. Subjects were divided into 2 groups using systematic counter balancing method by Bunkie test pre-test scores and was randomly assigned into EG (n=10) and CG (n=10). EG went through 5 weeks of deadlift training and core training while CG went through 5 weeks of core training only. Training frequency was set at twice per week with approximately 1 hour per session. Data analysis showed that there was a significant improvement (p=0.040) in the Bunkie test total mean scores and a significant improvement (p=0.003) in the deadlift 1RM mean scores within EG. This concluded that 5 weeks of deadlift training had a positive effect on both core strength and deadlift 1RM.