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Vol. 13 · Issue 1 · 2026 Mar 15, 2026 Research Article

The Effects of Strength Training on Physical Performance and Selected Biochemical Parameters in Kickboxers

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Samet Sitti Corresponding Siirt University, Faculty of Sport Science, Siirt, Türkiye samet_sitti@hotmail.com Turkey
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Yasar Koroglu Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Sivas, Türkiye Turkey
Pages129-138 PublishedMar 15, 2026 LicenseOpen Access
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Abstract

Kickboxing is a sports branch that is popular in combat sports and is important in tecnic-tactic during the competition, the proficiency of the motor skills of the athletes, as well as the strength and flexibility of these motor skills to establish superiority against the opponent. Aim of this study, 8-week maximal strength exercises were carried out to determine the effects of amateur kickboxers on strength and flexibility motor skills, as well as the changes in blood parameters. Our study included 24 athletes actively participating in sports in Kayseri province. The experimental group consisted of 12 male athletes with an average age of 19.1±0.88, while the control group consisted of 12 male athletes with an average age of 19.57±0.48. In the 8-week period, strength exercises were applied to the experimental group 2 days a week in addition to the branch training, and no strength training program was planned for the control group, and they continued their existing branch training. Pre-test and post-test measurements were taken from the athletes Body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), hand and leg strength, flexibility, total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), glucose and Triglyceride (TG) measurements were taken. At the end of the study, it was found that there was a significant difference in BW, BMI, hand and leg strength, flexibility, TK and LDL measurements in the experimental group, while there was a significant difference only in LDL values in the control group (p<.05). In conclusion, an examination of the results of our study revealed that maximal strength exercises have an effect on maximal lifting force values and blood glucose, LDL, and cholesterol levels in kickboxers.

Keywords

#Athletic performance #blood parameters #kaldırkickboxers #strength #training

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