Sports Research Projects by Paul Winwood et al.
Strength and Conditioning Programme Effects on Performance Measures in Male Adolescence
Dr. Paul Winwood with Jaydon Buckley and Darrell Boyd
This project uses data from the Tauranga Boys College (TBC) Athlete Development Programme (ADP) to identify if structured and supervised mobility and strength and conditioning programmes can improve aspects of functional performance measures (i.e. vertical jump, sprint speed, grip strength and MB chest press throw) in male adolescents.
Such information will help the TBC ADP programme in understanding how the established mobility and resistance training programmes affect functional performance measures in male adolescents.
Strongman Implements Training: Applications for Strength and Conditioning Practice
Dr. Paul Winwood
Paul’s doctoral thesis sought to investigate the possible injury risks and benefits of strongman implement training in strength and conditioning practice. His work provided evidence of how strength and conditioning coaches utilise strongman implements in practice and the injury epidemiology associated with strongman implement training.
The biomechanical studies provided insight into the acute stresses associated with strongman implement training and the likely long-term chronic adaptations associated with these implements.
The training study provided the first empirical evidence of the chronic effects of strongman resistance training on body composition, strength, power, and speed measures.
Strength and conditioning coaches can use the data from this thesis as a possible source of new ideas to diversify and improve their training practices. The data can be used to help guide programming, which can be used to help maximise the transfer of training to sport performance and therefore improve training efficiency.
The complete thesis, which was completed at AUT University, is available for download from the AUT website:
Full report: Strongman Implements Training: Applications for Strength and Conditioning Practice
The Epidemiology of Injuries across the Weight Training Sports: A Systematic Review
Justin Keogh and Dr. Paul Winwood
Weight training sports including weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding, strongman, Highland games and CrossFit are weight training sports that have separate divisions for males and females of a variety of ages, competitive standards and bodyweight classes.
These sports may be considered dangerous due to the heavy loads commonly used in training and competition.
This review sought to systematically review the injury epidemiology of these weight training sports using a list of injury epidemiology outcomes advocated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The review also sought to gain some insight into whether demographic characteristics such as age, gender and relative competitive standard (novice, sub- elite or elite) influenced the injury epidemiology of these weight training sports.
Selected Publications by Paul Winwood
Pritchard, H., Keogh, J., & Winwood, p. (2020). Tapering practices of elite CrossFit athletes. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 15(5-6), 753-761
Winwood, P.W., Posthumus, L.R., Cronin, J.B. & McKeogh, J.W.L. (2015). The acute potentiating effects of heavy sled pulls on sprint performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Available online from 25 September 2015.
Winwood, P.W., Cronin, J.B., Posthumus, L.R., Finlayson, S.J., Gill, N.D. & Keogh, J.W.L. (2015). Strongman vs. traditional resistance training effects on muscular function and performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 29(2), 429-439.
Winwood, P.W., Cronin, J.B., Brown, S.R., Keogh, J.W.L., Haff, G. & Newton, H. (2015). A biomechanical analysis of the strongman log lift and comparison with weightlifting’s clean and jerk. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 10(5), 869-886.
Winwood, P.W., Cronin, J.B., Brown, S.R., Keogh, J.W.L., Kawamori, N. & Newton, H. (2015). A biomechanical analysis of the heavy sprint-style sled pull and comparison with the back squat. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 10(5), 851-868.
Winwood, P.W., Cronin, J.B., Brown, S.R. & Keogh, J.W.L. (2014). A biomechanical analysis of the farmers walk, and comparison with the deadlift and unloaded walk. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 9(5), 1127-1143
Winwood, P.W., Cronin, J.B., Keogh, J.W.L., Dudson, M.K., & Gill, N.D. (2014). How coaches use strongman implements in strength and conditioning practice. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 9(5), 1107-1125.
Winwood, P.W., Hume, P.A., & Cronin, J.B., & Keogh, J.W.L. (2014). Retrospective injury epidemiology of strongman athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 28(1), 28-42.
Winwood, P.W., Pritchard, H.J., Wilson, D., Dudson, M., & Keogh, J.W.L. (2019). The competition day preparation strategies of strongman athletes. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 33(9), 2308-2320 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003267
Winwood, P.W., Dudson, M.K., Wilson, D., Mclaren-Harrison, J.K.H., Redjkins, V., Pritchard, H.J., and Keogh, J.W.L (2018). Tapering practices of strongman athletes. J Strength Cond Res 32(5): 1181–1196.
Winwood, P.W., Pritchard, H.J., & Keogh, J.W.L. (2017). Tapering practices of strongman athletes; test-retest reliability study. Journal of Medical Internet Research Protocols, 1, 1.
Winwood. P.W., & Buckley, J. J. (2017). Short term effects of resistance training modalities on performance measures in male adolescents. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, In Press. doi 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001992
Keogh, J.W.L., & Winwood, P.W. (2016). The epidemiology of injuries across the weight-training sports; A systematic review. Sports Medicine, In Press, Epub. doi:10.1007/s40279-016-0575-0
Winwood, P. W., Posthumus, L. R., Cronin, J. B. & Keogh, J. W. L. (2016). The acute potentiating effects of heavy sled pulls on sprint performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 30(5), 1248-54. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001227.
Winwood, P. W., Keogh, J. W. L., & Harris, N. K., & Weaver, L. M. (2012). Inter-relationships between strength, anthropometrics, and strongman performance in novice strongman athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 26(2), 513-522. doi:10.1519/JSC.0b013e318220db1a
Winwood, P. W., Keogh, J. W. L., & Harris, N. K. (2011). The strength and conditioning practices of strongman competitors. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 25(11), 3118-3128. doi:10.1519/JSC.0b013e318212daea