prof. dr hab. Adam Zając

Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Institute of Sport Sciences – Academic Sports Club of AWF Katowice - president

Lecture topic: Alternative resistance exercises for developing sprinting speed

Specialization

Evaluation and strength, power and speed training, Exercise metabolism

Sports and practical experience

Active hurdler and sprinter, basketball player, 25 years of basketball coaching at all competition levels, and 5 years of athletics coaching.

Scientific/sports career

Master’s degree in Physical Education 1983, PhD in 1992, habilitation in 2003 and full professor in 2010. Currently chief of the Department of Sport Training, The director of the Institute of Sport Sciences

The most important scientific publications

Can the cambered bar enhance acute performance in the bench press exercise? Michał Krzysztofik, Adam Zajac, Piotr Żmijewski, Michał Wilk. Frontiers in Physiology Vol. 11 (2020), s. 1-7 [DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.577400].
A comparison of muscle activity between the cambered and standard bar during the bench press exercise / Michał Krzysztofik, Artur Gołaś, Michał Wilk, Petr Stastny, Robert G. Lockie, Adam Zając. Frontiers in Physiology Vol. 12
(2020), s. [DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00875].P(IF): 3,367;
Does eccentric-only and concentric-only activation increase power output? Michał Krzysztofik, Michał Wilk, Artur Gołaś, Robert George Lockie, Adam Maszczyk, Adam Zając. MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE Vol. 52, nr. 2 (2020), s. 484-489 [DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002131.
Acute effects of resisted and assisted locomotor activation on sprint performance. Aleksander Matusiński, Artur Gołaś, Adam Zając, Adam Maszczyk. Biology of Sport 2022; 39(4):1049–1054; https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2022.108706.
Kotuła K, Matusiński A, Zając A, Krzysztofik M. Sprint Resisted and Assisted Priming for Peak Performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2023 (Ahead of print). doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000004557