Heavy barbell hip thrusts do not effect sprint performance: an 8-week randomized–controlled study

Jarvis, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3259-853X, Cassone, Natasha, Turner, Anthony N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5121-432X, Chavda, Shyam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7745-122X, Edwards, Michael and Bishop, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1505-1287 (2019) Heavy barbell hip thrusts do not effect sprint performance: an 8-week randomized–controlled study. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 33 . S78-S84. ISSN 1064-8011 [Article] (doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000002146)

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an 8-week barbell hip thrust strength training program on sprint performance. Twenty-one collegiate athletes (15 males and 6 females) were randomly assigned to either an intervention (n = 11, age 27.36 ± 3.17 years, height 169.55 ± 10.38 cm, weight 72.7± 18 kg) or control group (n = 10, age 27.2 ± 3.36 years, height 176.2 ± 7.94 cm, weight 76.39 ± 11.47 kg). 1RM hip thrust, 40m sprint time, and individual 10m split timings: 0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40m, were the measured variables; these recorded at both the baseline and post testing time points. Following the 8-week hip thrust strength training intervention significantly greater 1RM hip thrust scores for the training group were observed (p < 0.001, d = 0.77 [mean difference 44.09 kg]), however this failed to translate into changes in sprint time for any of the measured distances (all sprint performance measures: p > 0.05, r = 0.05 – 0.37). No significant differences were seen for the control group for 1RM hip thrust (p = 0.106, d = 0.24 [mean difference 9.4 kg]) or sprint time (all sprint performance measures: p > 0.05, r = 0.13 – 0.47). These findings suggest that increasing maximum hip thrust strength through use of the barbell hip thrust does not appear to transfer into improvements in sprint performance in collegiate level athletes.

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