Papadimitriou Konstantinos, Papadopoulou Sousana K, Psara Evmorfia, Giaginis Constantinos
Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Faculty of Sport Sciences & Physical Education, Metropolitan College, University of East London, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.
J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 2025 Jul 29;10(3):291. doi: 10.3390/jfmk10030291.
Swimming coaches search for the most efficient training approach and stimuli for swimmers' improvement. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a well-established training approach used by coaches to accelerate swimmers' improvement. A HIIT variation, which has lately been discussed by many coaches about its possible effectiveness on performance, is Ultra Short Race Pace Training (USRPT). The present case study aimed to examine the effect of a faster-than-race pace test set (FRPtS) on the performance of a middle-distance (MD) swimmer at the freestyle events. This case study included a 21-year-old national-level MD swimmer with 16 years of swimming experience. The swimmer followed 11 weeks of FRPtS sets in a 17-week training intervention. The FRPtS sets were repeated two to three times per week, the volume ranged from 200 m to 1200 m, and the distances that were used were 25 m, 50 m, and 100 m at a faster pace than the 400 m. Descriptive statistics were implemented, recording the average with standard deviation (number in parentheses), the sum, and the percentages (%). According to the results, the swimmer improved his personal best (PB) and season best (SB) performance in the events of 200 m and 400 m freestyle. Specifically, the improvement from his PB performance was 2.9% (-3.49 s) and 1.0% (-2.55 s), whereas in his SB performance it was 2.9% (-3.53 s) and 4.4% (-11.43 s) for the 200 and 400 m freestyle, respectively. Concluding, FRPtS is assumed to have beneficial effects on the swimming performance of MD events. However, further crossover or parallel studies on different swimming events with more participants and biomarkers must be conducted to clarify the effects of that kind of training on swimming performance.
游泳教练们寻找最有效的训练方法和刺激因素来帮助游泳运动员提高成绩。高强度间歇训练（HIIT）是教练们常用的一种成熟训练方法，用于加速游泳运动员的进步。一种HIIT变体，即超短比赛配速训练（USRPT），最近被许多教练讨论其对成绩可能产生的效果。本案例研究旨在考察比比赛配速更快的测试组（FRPtS）对一名中距离（MD）自由泳运动员成绩的影响。该案例研究包括一名21岁、有16年游泳经验的国家级MD游泳运动员。在为期17周的训练干预中，该运动员进行了11周的FRPtS训练组。FRPtS训练组每周重复两到三次，训练量从200米到1200米不等，使用的距离为25米、50米和100米，配速比400米比赛配速更快。实施了描述性统计，记录了平均值及标准差（括号内数字）、总和以及百分比（%）。根据结果，该运动员在200米和400米自由泳项目中提高了个人最好成绩（PB）和赛季最好成绩（SB）。具体而言，相对于他的PB成绩，200米自由泳提高了2.9%（-3.49秒），400米自由泳提高了1.0%（-2.55秒）；而相对于他的SB成绩，200米自由泳提高了2.9%（-3.53秒），400米自由泳提高了4.4%（-11.43秒）。结论是，FRPtS被认为对MD项目的游泳成绩有有益影响。然而，必须进行更多参与者和生物标志物的不同游泳项目的进一步交叉或平行研究，以阐明这种训练对游泳成绩的影响。
