Editorial: Strength training and performance optimization: the triad of physical, psychological, and physiological excellence

Strength training is essential to modern methods for enhancing performance, but several scientific and practical issues remain unclear. Progress in this area requires a better understanding of how strength and power adaptations affect the physiological, biomechanical, and psychological factors that support athletic performance. Improvements in force output, movement speed, and rate of force development are crucial for winning, yet the mechanisms behind these changes and how they interact with training variables need more research. This Research Topic brings together contributions that address these gaps by examining acute and chronic effects of strength and resistance training, analysing technical and neuromuscular determinants of performance, and highlighting the role of psychological and perceptual factors.A first group of studies in this collection highlights the significance of psychological