Journal article
Evaluating Warm-Up Strategies for Elite Sprint Breaststroke Swimming Performance
International journal of sports physiology and performance, Vol.11(7), pp.975-978
01/10/2016
PMID: 26816389
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Abstract
Purpose:
Targeted passive heating and completion of dryland-based activation exercises within the warm-up can enhance sprint freestyle performance. The authors investigated if these interventions would also elicit improvements in sprint breaststroke swimming performance.
Methods:
Ten national and internationally competitive swimmers (~805 FINA (Fédération internationale de natation) 2014 scoring points; 6 men, mean ± SD 20 ± 1 y; 4 women, 21 ± 3 y) completed a standardized pool warm-up (1550 m) followed by a 30-min transition phase and a 100-m breaststroke time trial. In the transition phase, swimmers wore a conventional tracksuit and remained seated (control) or wore tracksuit pants with integrated heating elements and performed a 5-min dryland-based exercise routine (combo) in a crossover design.
Results:
Performance in the 100-m time trial (control: 68.6 ± 4.0 s, combo: 68.4 ± 3.9 s, P = .55) and start times to 15 m (control: 7.3 ± 0.6 s; combo: 7.3 ± 0.6 s; P = .81) were not different between conditions. It was unclear (P = .36) whether combo (–0.12°C ± 0.19°C [mean ± 90% confidence limits]) elicited an improvement in core temperature maintenance in the transition phase compared with control (–0.31°C ± 0.19°C). Skin temperature immediately before commencement of the time trial was higher (by ~1°C, P = .01) within combo (30.13°C ± 0.88°C [mean ± SD]) compared with control (29.11°C ± 1.20°C). Lower-body power output was not different between conditions before the time trial.
Conclusions:
Targeted passive heating and completion of dryland-based activation exercises in the transition phase does not enhance sprint breaststroke performance despite eliciting elevated skin temperature immediately before time trial commencement.
Details
- Title
- Evaluating Warm-Up Strategies for Elite Sprint Breaststroke Swimming Performance
- Creators
- Courtney J. McGowan - University of CanberraDavid B. Pyne - Australian Inst Sport, Discipline Physiol, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaKevin G. Thompson - Univ Canberra Res Inst Sport & Exercise, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaBen Rattray - Univ Canberra Res Inst Sport & Exercise, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Publication Details
- International journal of sports physiology and performance, Vol.11(7), pp.975-978
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publ Inc
- Number of pages
- 4
- Grant note
- University of Canberra's Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE)
- Identifiers
- 991013065493802368
- Copyright
- © 2022 Human Kinetics
- Academic Unit
- Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article