The Acute Effects of a Preload Upper-Body Power Exercise on 50-m Freestyle Performance in Youth Swimmers

Hill, Victoria, Patterson, Stephen, Buckthorpe, Matthew and Legg, Hayley S ORCID: 0000-0002-4995-2091 (2024) The Acute Effects of a Preload Upper-Body Power Exercise on 50-m Freestyle Performance in Youth Swimmers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 38 (7). pp. 1295-1299. doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000004792

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Abstract

The acute effects of a preload upper-body power exercise on 50-m freestyle performance in youth swimmers. J Strength Cond Res 38(7): 1295-1299, 2024-This study aimed to investigate the acute effects of a medicine ball slam and the optimal recovery time required to induce a postactivation performance enhancement (PAPE) response on 50-meter freestyle swimming performance. Twenty-four (13 female, 11 male) competitive, adolescent swimmers (mean ± SD: age, 16.7 ± 1.2 years; height, 173.3 ± 6.7 cm; mass, 63.1 ± 6.4 kg) participated in a randomized crossover study. After the PAPE intervention (3 × 5 medicine ball slams), subjects had 1-minute, 4-minute, and 8-minute recovery periods before a 50-m maximal freestyle swim. A 1-way repeated-measures ANOVA revealed that different recovery times elicited changes in 50-m performance (F = 12.12, p < 0.0005). After 4 minutes of recovery, 50-m performance was 1.6% (0.47 seconds) faster (95% confidence interval [CI] [0.17-0.77], p < 0.001). When the data were split by sex, after 4 minutes of recovery, 50-m performance was 2% (0.64 seconds) faster for women (95% CI [0.279-0.998], p < 0.001). In conclusion, an upper-body power exercise, before performance, can induce a PAPE response and enhance 50-m freestyle performance after a 4-minute recovery period.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Youth swimmers; Upper-body power; Freestyle performance; Acute effects; Recovery time; PAPE
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV557 Sports Q Science > QP Physiology Q Science > QP Physiology > QP301.H75 Physiology. Sport
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education and Science
Research Priority Areas:	Health, Life Sciences, Sport and Wellbeing
Depositing User:	Charlotte Crutchlow
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2024 09:32
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2024 14:00
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14194

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