Programme

The programme of the congress is designed to provide a comprehensive exploration of various aspects related to performance and health. Therefore, key notes, abstracts, workshops will address strength and conditioning topics related to performance or health. Attendees can expect a diverse range of sessions and presentations aimed at fostering knowledge exchange, networking, and professional development. Snacks and drinks are included in the conference fee and will be provided during breaks on every conference day.

Performance

Topics of the keynotes are:

Strength training and the stretch shortening cycle
Eccentric and concentric strength training
Concurrent training in adults
Concurrent training in youth

Health

Topics of the keynotes are:

Strength training in patients
Strength training in older adults
Strength training in females
Strength training and injury prevention

ICST International Scientific Committee

Keijo Häkkinen
(Chair)

-Finland-

William J. Kraemer
–

-USA-

Robert U. Newton
–

-Australia-

Urs Granacher
–

-Germany-

Dušan Hamar
–

-Slovakia-

Steven J. Fleck
–

-USA-

Juha P. Ahtiainen
–

-Finland-

Dietmar Schmidtbleicher
(Honorary member)

-Germany-

Timetable

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

11:30	Congress registration – Check in
13:00 – 13:20	Conference opening
13:25 – 14:35	Keynotes – Performance Albert Gollhofer, University of Freiburg, Germany “Stretch-shortening cycle and performance enhancement through strength training” Keijo Häkkinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland “Acute responses and chronic neuromuscular adaptations during eccentric and concentric strength training”
15:00 – 15:45	Supervised poster session	Practical Workshop 1 (FGZ) Jan Seiler, Swiss Federal Institute of Sport SFISM in Magglingen, Switzerland “Eccentric strength training”
16:10 – 17:55	Oral presentation
	Performance (Abstracts)	Performance (Abstracts)	Health (Abstracts)
18:00	Conference closing first day
18:30	Free evening – Open gym

Thursday, September 25, 2025

7:00 – 8:00	Social exercising event: Open gym or running
8:30 – 9:35	Keynotes – Performance Moritz Schumann, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany “Concurrent strength and endurance training: acute effects and chronic adaptations” Urs Granacher, University of Freiburg, Germany “Concurrent training in youth”
10:10 – 11:55	Oral presentation
	Performance (Abstracts)	Health (Abstracts)	Health (Abstracts)
13:10 – 13:55	Supervised poster session	Practical Workshop 2 (FGZ) Erin Haff and Greg Haff, Edith Cowan University, Australia “Teaching weightlifting derivatives and implementing cluster sets”
14:00 – 15:05	Keynotes – Health Rob Newton, Edith Cowan University, Australia “Strength training is a medical treatment” Tibor Hortobagyi, Hungarian University of Sports Science, Hungary “Strength training in older adults: Does it improve the energy cost of walking?”
15:20 – 17:35	Oral presentation
	Performance (Abstracts)	Performance (Abstracts)	Health (Abstracts)
17:40	Conference closing
19:00 – 23:30	Conference dinner (Markthalle)

Friday, September 26, 2025

7:00 – 8:00	Social exercising event: Open gym or running
8:30 – 9:35	Keynotes – Health and performance Jana Strahler, University of Freiburg, Germany “Strength training in female athletes” Astrid Zech, University of Jena, Germany “Strength training and injury prevention”
9:55 – 10:40	Supervised poster session	Practical Workshop 3 (FGZ) Christoph Centner, University of Freiburg, Germany “Strategies in Blood Flow Restriction Exercise: Bridging Research and Practice”
10:45 – 11:15	Moderated panel discussion with keynotes and ICST International Scientific Committee members
11:20 – 11:35	Conference closing

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Contact | International Conference on Strength Training

Celine Feillais
Programme

Programme

Performance

Health

ICST International Scientific Committee

Keijo Häkkinen (Chair)

William J. Kraemer –

Robert U. Newton –

Urs Granacher –

Dušan Hamar –

Steven J. Fleck –

Juha P. Ahtiainen –

Dietmar Schmidtbleicher (Honorary member)