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- Title
Training Load and Recovery During a Pre-Olympic Season in Professional Rhythmic Gymnasts.
- Authors
Debien, Paula Barreiros; Miloski, Bernardo; Werneck, Francisco Zacaron; Timoteo, Thiago Ferreira; Ferezin, Camila; Bara Filho, Maurício Gattás; Gabbett, Tim J.
- Abstract
Context: Rhythmic gymnastics requires a high level of complexity and perfection of technical gestures, associated with well-developed physical and artistic capacities. The training-load and recovery profiles of rhythmic gymnasts across a season are unknown. Objective: To analyze the training load and recovery of professional rhythmic gymnasts during 1 season. Design: Cohort study. Setting: Brazilian National Training Center of Rhythmic Gymnastics and competition facilities. Patients or Other Participants: Eight gymnasts from the Brazilian national senior rhythmic gymnastics group. Main Outcome Measure(s): Session rating of perceived exertion (session-RPE) and total quality recovery (TQR) scores were collected daily for 43 weeks. We obtained the session-RPE after each session and TQR score before the first session of the day. Performances during 5 competitions were also recorded. The season was divided into 8 periods. Total weekly internal training load (wITL), training intensity, frequency, duration, recovery, and acute: chronic workload ratio were calculated for analysis. Results: The season mean wITL was 10 381 ± 4894 arbitrary units, mean session-RPE score was 5.0 ± 1.6, and mean TQR score was 12.8 ± 1.3. The gymnasts trained an average of 8.7 ± 2.9 sessions per week, with a mean duration of 219 ± 36 minutes. Each competitive period showed increased wITL compared with the previous period. Trainingload variables (wITL and session-RPE) and recovery were inversely correlated. Gymnasts were poorly recovered (TQR < 13) during 50.9% of the season (n = 167 times), especially during competitive weeks. Spikes in load (acute: chronic workload ratio > 1.5) occurred across 18.1% of the season (n = 55 times). Conclusions: The training-load variables and recovery changed throughout a professional rhythmic gymnastics group season, mainly during competitive periods. The correct distribution of training load is critical to ensure that gymnasts are entering competitions in a recovered state.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ATHLETIC ability; CONFIDENCE intervals; CONVALESCENCE; STATISTICAL correlation; EXERCISE; GYMNASTICS; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; TIME; DATA analysis; SPORTS events; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; EXERCISE intensity; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HIGH-intensity interval training
- Publication
Journal of Athletic Training (Allen Press), 2020, Vol 55, Issue 9, p977
- ISSN
1062-6050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4085/1062-6050-402.19