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This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of HIIT and SSGs on fitness improvements in elite handball players.

Improving Fitness of Elite Handball Players

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Randomized trial compares fitness outcomes of HIIT and SSGs in elite handball players, suggesting SSGs for better performance.

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of HIIT and SSGs on fitness improvements in elite handball players.
Eighteen elite handball players underwent either HIIT or SSGs training twice a week for 8 weeks.
Fitness variables assessed included sprint times, agility, upper arm strength, lower limb power, and aerobic fitness.
Comparative analysis was done before and after the 8-week training period.
Both HIIT and SSGs groups showed improvement in YYIRTL1 by 23.3% and 26.3%, respectively (p ≤ 0.05).
SSGs led to significantly greater improvements in 10-m sprint (2.3% HIIT vs. 4.1% SSGs) and 20-m sprint (2.1% HIIT vs. 4% SSGs) (p ≤ 0.05).
SSGs training also resulted in superior gains in HAST, 1RM, CMJ, and CMJarm compared to HIIT (p ≤ 0.05).

Iacono et al. (2014) studied this question.

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