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Providing augmented feedback (visual or verbal) during resistance training significantly enhances acute performance metrics, specifically increasing barbell velocity by approximately 8.4% compared to no feedback.
Use visual or verbal feedback during your resistance training sets. Specifically, provide feedback after every repetition rather than just at the end of a set. Visual feedback (seeing the data) is more effective than verbal feedback (hearing the data). This will likely increase your barbell speed and overall workout quality.
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Feedback enhanced acute kinetic and kinematic outputs... Results demonstrated that feedback improves acute barbell velocities by approximately 8.4% (g = 0.63, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.36–0.90).
Why this rating
Systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 studies with moderate heterogeneity.
Source
The Effect of Feedback on Resistance Training Performance and Adaptations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Jonathon Weakley et al. · Sports Medicine · 2023
Meta-analysis · 20 studiesCited 66×
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