Abstract

RUIZ CASTRO, Fátima; VELASCO TENESACA, Diego  and  CORAL APOLO, Gabriel. Biomechanical analysis of the free squat in powerlifting in Quito. Rev Podium [online]. 2023, vol.18, n.1  Epub Apr 03, 2023. ISSN 1996-2452.

The analysis of the sports technique from the biomechanical point of view makes it possible to control the assumptions that make up the specific sports technique for its future improvement, this is essential in decision-making as part of the sports management process, especially in sports little studied as It's powerlifting. In this sense, the research objective was to biomechanically analyze the free squat technique in power lifting by gender. The research was descriptive-correlational. Forty-two lifters with an age range between 17-28 years were studied, classified into two independent groups according to gender. The free squat technique was studied in four analysis variables. No significant differences were found in any of the variables analyzed. The knee angle (p=0.845), the maximum speed peak (p=0.095) and the trajectory of the movement in its X axis (p=0.979) and its Y axis (p=0.845) were included. No differences were found between the age ranges of the genders studied (p=0.237). The analyzed free squat technique, in its comparison by gender, did not show significant differences, an aspect that allowed us to deduce a similar technical level between the genders studied. It was concluded that, if the specific motor execution in the sport studied is correct, the technical component of sports training in powerlifting is satisfactorily fulfilled and regardless of the gender trained.

Keywords : Genres; powerlifting; free squat..

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