## 2 Materials and Methods
### Procedures
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c} \hline \hline
**Week** & **Day 2 (Tuesday)** & **Day 4 (Thursday)** \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{1} & BU: 2 \(\times\) 15 m & BU 2 \(\times\) 20 m \\  & BU: 2 \(\times\) 25 m & Linear Decel 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\  & Accel: 4 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 10 m & Lateral Decel 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\  & Crunches: 3 \(\times\) 25 & Sidestep cut (exit 5 m to decel) 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\  & 180 \({}^{\circ}\) turn (exit 5 m ro decel) 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\ \cline{2-3}  & BU: 2 \(\times\) 15 m & BU 2 \(\times\) 20 m \\  & BU: 2 \(\times\) 25 m & Linear Decel 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\
2 & Accel: 4 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 15 m & Sidestep cut (exit to 5 m decel) 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 10 m \\  & Crunches: 4 \(\times\) 25 & 180 \({}^{\circ}\) turn (exit 5 m to decel) 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 10 m \\ \cline{2-3}  & BU: 2 \(\times\) 15 m & BU 2 \(\times\) 20 m \\  & BU: 2 \(\times\) 25 m & Linear Decel 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 7.5 m \\
3 & BU: 2 \(\times\) 25 m & Lateral Decel 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 7.5 m \\  & Accel: 4 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 20 m & Sidestep cut (exit to 5 m decel) 1 \(\times\) 6 \(\times\) 10 m \\  & Crunches: 4 \(\times\) 25 m & Sidestep cut (exit to 5 m decel) 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\ \cline{2-3}  & BU = build up. & BU 2 \(\times\) 20 \\
4 & BU: 2 \(\times\) 15 m & Linear Decel 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\  & BU: 2 \(\times\) 25 m & Lateral Decel 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\  & Crunches: 2 \(\times\) 25 & Sidestep cut (exit to 5 m decel) 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\  & 180 \({}^{\circ}\) turn (exit to 5 m decel) 1 \(\times\) 4 \(\times\) 5 m \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* BU = build up.  
\end{table} 
Table 2: Resistance training exercise selection. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**TRAD**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**AEL**} \\ \hline
**Week** & **Sets \(\times\) Reps** & **Day 1 and 3** & **Day 5** & **Day 1** & **Day 3** & **Day 5** \\ \hline
1 & 3 \(\times\) 10 & 57.5\% & 50\% & 110 */57.5\% & 57.5\% & 110 */50\% \\
2 & 3 \(\times\) 10 & 62.5\% & 55\% & 110 */62.5\% & 62.5\% & 110 */55\% \\
3 & 3 \(\times\) 10 & 67.5\% & 57.5\% & 110 */65\% & 67.5\% & 110 */57.5\% \\
4 & 3 \(\times\) 10 & 52.5\% & 45\% & 110 */52.5\% & 52.5\% & 110 */45\% \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Intensity is prescribed as % 1 RM. AEL = accentuated eccentric loading; TRAD = traditional resistance training.
* Indicates AEL repetitions.  
\end{table} 
Table 1: Resistance training overview. performed their working sets as 3 sets of 5 clusters of 2 repetitions (3 \(\times\) 5 \(\times\) 2 = 30 total repetitions). The weight releasers were applied to every other rep for the back squat and bench press exercises. This was performed during a 15 s intra-repetition rest break after every second repetition. The volume load was calculated (total reps \(\times\) load in kilograms) and then multiplied by the barbell displacement in meters of the back squat and bench press (VLd). The displacement of the barbell was recorded during the familiarization week. The VLd for the AEL group included the enhanced eccentric loading applied via the weight releasers. The VLd was then divided by the body mass and relative strength totals to gain insight on how body size and relative strength levels impacted their total work. See Table 5 for the volume load information. The allometrically scaled VLd was calculated using the following formula. \[\text{Allometrically scaled VLd }=\frac{\text{total VLd}}{\textit{Body Mass}^{0.67}}\]  
To better estimate the training work between the groups, the training monotony and strain were calculated using the following formulas [10]:  
\[\text{Training Monotony }=\frac{\text{Mean Allometrically scaled VLd per microcycle}}{\text{Standard Deviation}}\]  
\[\textit{Strain }=\text{Training Monotony }\times\text{Allometrically scaled VLd}\]  
The training monotony was 1.9 and 0.73 for AEL and TRAD, respectively.