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Abstract

The Effect of a Combat Swimming Training Program on Swimming Performance

by
Ioannis Kostoulas
1,2,*,
Stylianos Kounalakis
1,
Argyris Toubekis
3,
Antonios Kaniadakis
1,
Anastasios Karagiannis
1,
Dimitrios Mavraganis
1,
Konstantina Karatrantou
2 and
Vasillios Gerodimos
2
1
Hellenic Army Academy, Faculty of Physical and Cultural Education, 16673 Athens, Greece
2
Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, 42100 Trikala, Greece
3
School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the 9th Greek Conference of Biochemistry and Physiology of Exercise, Thessaloniki, Greece, 18–20 October 2019.
Proceedings 2019, 25(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019025006
Published: 30 August 2019
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 9th Conference of Biochemistry and Physiology of Exercise)
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Abstract

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Aim: To explore the effect of a combat swimming training program (CSTP), with and without equipment, on swimming performance. Material & Method: 45 male army officer cadets volunteered to participate in the study and were randomly divided into three groups: a control group (CG) and two experimental groups. The experimental groups participated in a 4-week combat swimming training program with equipment (CSTPE) or without equipment (CSTPS). Prior to and after the CSTP, all groups performed a 400-m and a 4 × 50-m swimming task, and the time to complete the task, peak blood lactate, and peak heart rate were measured. Results: The time to complete the 400-m and 4 × 50-m trials improved significantly only in the CSTPE group (490 ± 66 s pre and 463 ± 50 s post for 400 m; and 205 ± 28 s pre and 192 ± 19 s post for 4 × 50 m; p < 0.05), while the CG and CTSPS groups did not improve their time significantly in either trial. All groups presented similar peak lactate and peak heart rate values. Conclusions: The results suggest that only the CSTPE group improved swimming performance in both the 400-m and 4 × 50-m trials.

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Kostoulas, I.; Kounalakis, S.; Toubekis, A.; Kaniadakis, A.; Karagiannis, A.; Mavraganis, D.; Karatrantou, K.; Gerodimos, V. The Effect of a Combat Swimming Training Program on Swimming Performance. Proceedings 2019, 25, 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019025006

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Kostoulas I, Kounalakis S, Toubekis A, Kaniadakis A, Karagiannis A, Mavraganis D, Karatrantou K, Gerodimos V. The Effect of a Combat Swimming Training Program on Swimming Performance. Proceedings. 2019; 25(1):6. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019025006

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Kostoulas, Ioannis, Stylianos Kounalakis, Argyris Toubekis, Antonios Kaniadakis, Anastasios Karagiannis, Dimitrios Mavraganis, Konstantina Karatrantou, and Vasillios Gerodimos. 2019. "The Effect of a Combat Swimming Training Program on Swimming Performance" Proceedings 25, no. 1: 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019025006

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