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- Title
Ten days of tapering can improve swimming records and metabolic but not hematological profile in young recreational swimmers.
- Authors
Divsalar, Kouros; Khoramipour, Kayvan; Basereh, Aref; Pirani, Hossein; Amini, Reza; Afarinesh, Mohammad Reza; Saidie, Payam; Divsalar, Fatemeh; Honarmand, Amin; Knechtle, Beat; López-Gajardo, Miguel A.; Prieto-González, Pablo; Nobari, Hadi
- Abstract
Aim: To investigate the effects of a 10-day tapering on swimming performance, metabolic and hematologic factors, and a 200-m crawl swimming record. Methods: Eighteen male recreational swimmers (11–17 years) underwent an 8-week vigorous-intensity endurance training (three sessions per week, 90 min per session). Participants' swimming records were obtained at the end of the training period, and blood samples were drawn. After that, the taper group (TP, n = 12) underwent a 10-day taper program (training volume reduced by 15%, 30%, 45%, and 60% in the first four sessions and 70% in the last session), while the control group (CG, n = 12) kept their training load. At the end of the tapering period, a 200-m crawl swimming time was recorded, and a blood sample was collected to assess metabolic and hematologic factors. Results: 200-m swimming record improvement was higher in TP than in CG (p < 0.05). In addition, creatine phosphokinase, creatinine, urea, uric acid, and lactate dehydrogenase significantly decreased after tapering (p < 0.05). However, hematological factors did not show any significant difference between groups. Furthermore, no significant correlation between swimming records and measured parameters was found. Conclusion: Our results showed that 10 days of tapering could improve the 200-m swimming record and metabolic but not the hematological profile in young recreational swimmers.
- Subjects
SWIMMING; CREATINE kinase; SWIMMERS; LACTATE dehydrogenase; URIC acid
- Publication
Sport Sciences for Health, 2024, Vol 20, Issue 2, p489
- ISSN
1824-7490
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11332-023-01133-0