Sports training as a field of study has advanced greatly in recent years. One reason for this shift is the growing acceptance of concurrent training (CT), a method that simultaneously improves muscular strength and cardiorespiratory fitness. The potential of this new training method has piqued the interest of sports scientists and trainers, leading to a meta-analysis and systematic review. The primary purpose of this review was to determine how CT affects different aspects of physical fitness and how it translates to youth athletic performance. The findings shed a lot of light on the situation. Not only has CT been demonstrated to be superior to more conventional kinds of endurance or strength training, but it has also been shown to be beneficial in raising specific fitness indices. The athletic performance of adolescents who were given CT was significantly higher than that of their younger counterparts. The adaptability of the juvenile body to CT is demonstrated by this disparity.

Tengfei Wang. The Impact of Varied Training Approaches on Physical Fitness and Performance. Frontiers in Sport Research (2024) Vol. 6, Issue 2: 40-44. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSR.2024.060207.

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