Swimming Warm‑Up and Beyond: Dryland Protocols and Their Related Mechanisms—A Scoping Review
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Cuenca Fernández, Francisco; López Belmonte, Óscar; Gay Párraga, Ana; Ruiz Navarro, Jesús Juan; Arellano Colomina, RaúlEditorial
Springer
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Priming strategies Acute exercise PAPE Competition preparation Conditioning Water sports
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2022-09-24Referencia bibliográfica
Cuenca-Fernández, F... [et al.]. Swimming Warm-Up and Beyond: Dryland Protocols and Their Related Mechanisms—A Scoping Review. Sports Med - Open 8, 120 (2022). [https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-022-00514-y]
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Agencia de Innovacion y Desarrollo de Andalucia; European Commission; SWIM FOR LIFE B-SEJ-164-UGR20; Spanish Government FPU17/02761 FPU19/02477Resumen
In swimming, the beneficial effects of the in-water warm-up are often undermined by the long transition periods
before competition (≥ 20 min). For that reason, studies comparing the effects of in-water warm-ups followed by
dryland activities have been conducted in the swimming literature. This has brought conflicting evidence due to large
combinations of supervised and unsupervised warm-up procedures used. Therefore, a scoping review was performed
to discuss (1) why warm-up strategies are important for competitive swimming; to identify (2) what are the different
warm-up approaches available in the literature, and; to establish (3) what are the main conclusions, considerations
and gaps that should be addressed in further research to provide clearer guidance for interventions. The search was
conducted on PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and SPORTDiscus databases. To be considered eligible, studies must
have assessed acute short-term responses of warm-up procedures in swimmers by using randomized controlled trials
or pre-post study designs. A total of 42 articles were included in this review. The effectiveness of warm-up responses
was evaluated based on the inclusion or not of warm-up, the type of conditioning activity (in-water exercise, inwater
exercise combined with dryland or dryland exercise only), its duration, and intensity. (1) Warm-up mechanisms
have been mainly related to temperature changes associated to cardiovascular adaptations and short-term specific
neuromuscular adaptations. Thus, maintaining muscle activity and body temperature during the transition phase
immediately prior to competition could help swimmers’ performance; (2) the most common approach before a race
usually included a moderate mileage of in-water warm-up (~ 1000 m) performed at an intensity of ≤ 60% of the maximal
oxygen consumption, followed by dryland protocols to keep the muscle activity and body temperature raised
during the transition phase. Dryland activities could only optimize performance in sprint swimming if performed after
the in-water warm-up, especially if heated clothing elements are worn. Using tethered swimming and hand-paddles
during warm-ups does not provide superior muscular responses to those achieved by traditional in-water warm-ups,
possibly because of acute alterations in swimming technique. In contrast, semi-tethered resisted swimming may be
considered as an appropriate stimulus to generate post-activation performance enhancements; (3) nothing has yet
been investigated in backstroke, butterfly or individual medley, and there is a paucity of research on the effects of
experimental warm-ups over distances greater than 100 m. Women are very under-represented in warm-up research,
which prevents conclusions about possible sex-regulated effects on specific responses to the warm-up procedures.