Os efeitos do foco de atenção nos exercícios supino reto, agachamento livre e levantamento terra: Uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

Contemporary literature indicates that the adoption of diferent focus of attention can influence the effectiveness and efficiency of movements in diferent motor skills, as well as in resistance training. The aim of the present study was to systematically analyze the effects of attentional focus on bench press, back squat and deadlift exercises. Data collection was systematically carried out from 14 studies whose elegibility criteria was to analyze, at least one, focus of attention on bench press, back squat and/or deadlift exercises. The results show that the adoption of an internal focus (IF) can increase muscle activation in the three exercises and the adoption of na external focus (EF) improves performance in the back squat and deadlift exercises. The main hypothesis for these findings is that IF presents a lower efficiency, while EF shows the opposite due to energy expenditure and automaticity of the motor system. It should be noted that the results discussed here only provide support for the exercises and populations analyzed in the studies and require further investigation in a wide range of sample conditions.