Int J Sports Med 2017; 38(02): 125-133
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-105017
Training & Testing
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Tethered Swimming for the Evaluation and Prescription of Resistance Training in Young Swimmers

Marcelo Papoti
1   School of Physical Education and Sport of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
,
Adelino S. R. da Silva
2   School of Physical Education and Sports, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
,
Carlos Augusto Kalva-Filho
3   Rehabilitation and Functional Performance, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
,
Gustavo Gomes Araujo
4   Physical Education-CEDU, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
,
Vanessa Santiago
5   Physical Education, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Brazil
,
LuizEduardo Barreto Martins
6   Departamento de Estudos da Atividade Física Adaptada, Faculdade de Educação Física, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
,
Sérgio Augusto Cunha
7   Sporst Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
,
Claudio Alexandre Gobatto
8   Sport Sciences, Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil
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accepted after revision 26 February 2016

Publication Date:
07 February 2017 (online)

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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 (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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