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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.
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
DOI 10.1007/s40279-023-01877-2
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