Concurrent endurance training with either plyometric or dynamic body-weight training both improve running economy with minimal or no changes in running biomechanics. 2025

Aurélien Patoz, and Thibault Lussiana, and Bastiaan Breine, and Laurent Mourot, and Cyrille Gindre, and Kim Hébert-Losier
Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

We compared the effects of two 8-week concurrent strength and endurance trainings (CSETs) on running economy (RE) and running biomechanics, and we explored whether the effects on running biomechanics were mediated by responder status [high vs low responder based on -2.6% change in RE]. Thirty-one male recreational runners were randomly assigned to a standard endurance running training combined with either plyometric (CSET-PLY) or dynamic body-weight (CSET-DYN) training. RE and running biomechanics [contact (t) and flight (t) time, step frequency (SF), duty factor (DF), and leg stiffness (kleg)] were measured pre- and post-intervention. RE significantly improved following CSET (RE = -2.1 ± 3.9%; p = 0.005) and no changes in t, DF, SF, and kleg (p ≥ 0.10) but a shorter t (p ≥ 0.03) from pre- to post-intervention were seen. The prevalence of high responders was 42% (RE = -5.7 ± 2.4%). Among high responders, there were no changes in running biomechanics except participants following CSET-DYN who increased their SF (+3%). These results indicate that improvements in RE obtained through CSET-PLY and CSET-DYN involve minimal to no changes in running biomechanics and that there was not a training modality, which was better than the other. More detailed biomechanical assessments involving kinematics, kinetics, and electromyography could shed light on the underlying mechanisms of RE improvement.

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