Digital-Based Performance Training: Concepts, Advances and Applications

Digital-based performance training (DBPT) is recent trends in the field of exercise science around the world, which attracts more and more attention from domestic research institutions. DBPT is the use of digital monitoring devices to provide instant performance feedback during strength training, while supporting the timely adjustment during the training process. Basically, it is a bidirectional control mechanism. DBPT is of great importance not only to optimize the training efficiency in unit time, but also to enhance athletes' motivation and to achieve personal accurate strength training for elite athletes. This paper have covered the following aspects: a systematic review of the concepts and advances of DBPT in national and international literature; an exploration of main methods applied on DBPT; case reports of a large number of elite athletes in practical applications; a discussion on the effectiveness of DBPT for improving the training quality for elite athletes. We predict that DBPT will become an important direction of the development of strength training in the near future.