Comparing the Effects of Traditional and Accommodating Resistance Training on Lower-Body Strength and Power in Active Females

Ampalagan, Mugneshwaran (2025) Comparing the Effects of Traditional and Accommodating Resistance Training on Lower-Body Strength and Power in Active Females. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology.

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Abstract

A form of variable resistance training known as accommodating resistance training (ART) combines barbell and plate-loaded resistance with chains or elastic bands to maintain the resistance force constant throughout the whole range of motion (Parten et al., 2023; Ataee et al., 2014; Sawyer et al., 2021). In order to properly match the strength curve of compound workouts, ART provides resistance that gradually decreases during the eccentric phase and increases during the concentric phase (Parten et al., 2023). This study was to determine the effects and to compare the effectiveness of traditional and accommodating resistance training on lower-body strength and power in active females. The results of this study shows that lower-body strength as assessed through 6RM Back Squat and lower-body power as assessed via the Countermovement Vertical Jump on peak power in watts showed no significant differences between groups (p = 0.095) and (p = 0.664), respectively. The study’s outcome indicates that when volume-load is equal, the muscular activation patterns of ART and TRT are similar, promoting roughly equal neuromuscular adaptations lead to similar improvement levels (Parten et al., 2023; Wallace et al., 2018). The training regimens between both groups became more similar due to decrease in the resistance band's percentage contribution at the concentric phase since adding free weights resistance rather than the resistance band’s suggest that no significant difference found between groups (Andersen et al., 2015). In conclusion, this study recommends that ART did not significantly provide a greater impact on lower-body strength and power compared to traditional resistance training. Future studies should calculate the resistance band's percentage contribution to ensure both groups are comparable and studies on both gender, male and female will be recommended to understand ART.