- Title
- The effects of anaerobic swim ergometer training on sprint performance in adolescent swimmers
- Creator
- Pinos, Adam J.; Bentley, David J.; Logan-Sprenger, Heather M.
- Relation
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Vol. 16, Issue 8, p. 1169-1174
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2020-0591
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare 4 weeks of pool-based sprint interval training with a similar ergometer training intervention on a maximal anaerobic lactate test (MANLT), 50-m (competition) freestyle performance, and 6- and 30-second maximal swimming ergometer performances. Methods: A total of 14 competitive adolescent swimmers (male, n = 8; female, n = 6) participated in this study. Swimmers were categorized into 2 sex-matched groups: swimming ergometer (ERG; n = 7) and pool-sprint training (n = 7) groups. Each athlete performed 4 preintervention and postintervention assessments consisting of a MANLT, a 50-m freestyle race, and 6- and 30-second maximal swim ERG performances. Results: Both groups demonstrated a significant effect (P < .05) of time for all assessments. Group differences were observed after 4 weeks of sprint interval training as follows: (1) The ERG group had a significantly faster speed in the fourth 50-m MANLT sprint (ERG 1.58 [0.05] vs pool-sprint training 1.48 [0.07] m/s, P < .01) and (2) The ERG group demonstrated enhanced Δblood lactate post-MANLT (ERG 2.4 [1.2] vs pool-sprint training 2.7 [0.9] mmol/L, P < .05). A significant correlation was found between the 30-second maximal ERG test and 50-m freestyle swimming velocity (r = .74, P < .01, effect size = 0.52). Conclusions: The results demonstrate significant physiological improvements to anaerobic sprint ability after 4 weeks of sprint interval training in both swim ERG and pool-based interventions. Thus, sprint ability may be improved through multiple modalities (pool and dry land) to elicit a positive training response.
- Subject
- fatigue; intervention; lactate; power; athletes
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1450520
- Identifier
- uon:43959
- Identifier
- ISSN:1555-0265
- Language
- eng
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