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Lower fatigue and faster recovery of ultra-short race pace swimming training sessions.
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Research in Sports Medicine . Jan/Feb2023, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p21-34. 14p. 1 Chart, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Ultra-short race-pace training (USRPT) is a high-intensity training modality used in swimming for the development of specific race-technique. However, there is little information about the fatigue associated to this modality. In a crossover design, acute responses of two volume-equated sessions (1000-m) were compared on 14 national swimmers: i) USRPT: 20×50-m; ii) RPT: 10×100-m. Both protocols followed an equivalent work-recovery ratio (1:1) based on individual 200-m race-pace. The swimming times and the arm-strokes count were monitored on each set and compared by mixed-models. Blood lactate [La-] and countermovement jump-height (CMJ) were compared within and between conditions 2 and 5 min after the protocols. The last bouts in RPT were 1.5–3% slower than the target pace, entailing an arm-strokes increase of ~0.22 for every second increase in swimming time. USRPT produced lower [La-] ([Mean ± standard deviation], 2 min: 8.2±2.4 [p = 0.021]; 5 min: 6.9±2.8 mM/L [p = 0.008]), than RPT (2 min: 10.9±2.3; 5 min: 9.9±2.4 mM/L). CMJ was lowered at min 2 after RPT (-11.09%) and USRPT (-5.89%), but returned to baseline in USRPT at min 5 of recovery (4.07%). In conclusion, lower fatigue and better recovery were achieved during USRPT compared to traditional high-volume set. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15438627
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Research in Sports Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161465277
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2021.1929227