Artigo Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Tethered Swimming for the Evaluation and Prescription of Resistance Training in Young Swimmers

2017; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 38; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-0042-105017

ISSN

1439-3964

Autores

Marcelo Papoti, Adelino Sánchez Ramos da Silva, Carlos Augusto Kalva‐Filho, Gustavo Gomes de Araújo, Victória Kellen Silva Santiago, LuizEduardo Martins, Sérgio Augusto Cunha, Cláudio Alexandre Gobatto,

Tópico(s)

Sports injuries and prevention

Resumo

The aims of the present study were 1) to evaluate the effects of 11 weeks of a typical free-swimming training program on aerobic and stroke parameters determined in tethered swimming (Study 1; n=13) and 2) to investigate the responses of tethered swimming efforts, in addition to free-swimming sessions, through 7 weeks of training (Study 2; n=21). In both studies, subjects performed a graded exercise test in tethered swimming (GET) to determine anaerobic threshold (AnT), stroke rate at AnT (SRAnT), peak force at GET (PFGET) and peak blood lactate ([La-]GET). Participants also swam 100-, 200- and 400-m lengths to evaluate performance. In Study 2, swimmers were divided into control (i. e., only free-swimming; GC [n=11]) and tethered swimming group (i. e., 50% of the main session; GTS [n=10]). The results of Study 1 demonstrate that AnT, PFGET, [La-]GET and 200-m performance were improved with free-swimming training. The SRAnT decreased with training. In Study 2, free-swimming performance and most of the graded exercise test parameters were not altered in either group. However, [La-]GET improved only for GTS. These results demonstrate that aerobic parameters obtained in tethered swimming can be used to evaluate free-swimming training responses, and the addition of tethered efforts during training routine improves the lactate production capacity of swimmers.

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