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

Marcelo Papoti; Adelino S. R. da Silva; Carlos Augusto Kalva-Filho; Gustavo Gomes Araujo; Vanessa Santiago; LuizEduardo Barreto Martins; Sérgio Augusto Cunha; Claudio Alexandre Gobatto

doi:10.1055/s-0042-105017

International Journal of Sports Medicine, Table of Contents

Int J Sports Med 2017; 38(02): 125-133
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-105017

Training & Testing

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

Marcelo Papoti

¹School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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Adelino S. R. da Silva

²School of Physical Education and Sports, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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Carlos Augusto Kalva-Filho

³Rehabilitation and Functional Performance, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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Gustavo Gomes Araujo

⁴Physical Education-CEDU, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil

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Vanessa Santiago

⁵Physical Education, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Brazil

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LuizEduardo Barreto Martins

⁶Departamento de Estudos da Atividade Física Adaptada, Faculdade de Educação Física, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil

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Sérgio Augusto Cunha

⁷Sporst Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

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Claudio Alexandre Gobatto

⁸Sport Sciences, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

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 (SR_AnT), peak force at GET (PF_GET) 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; G_TS [n=10]). The results of Study 1 demonstrate that AnT, PF_GET, [La^-]_GET and 200-m performance were improved with free-swimming training. The SR_AnT 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 G_TS. 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.

Key words

blood lactate - anaerobic threshold - graded exercise test - performance - swimmers

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