Search Results - Peak Performance
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Comparison of alternative vLamax determination approaches in cycling and rowing
Micke, F., Mühlenhoff, S., Swoboda, A., Held, S.Published in Journal of Sports Sciences (2025)“…Rowers showed lower vLamax and peak lactate values than cyclists. Male participants exhibited higher vLamax, sprint power, and peak lactate than females. …”
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The effect of prehabilitation, targeting personalized biomechanical deficiencies, on female swim athletes´ functional capacity
Jauch, E., Terry, K., Hoogendyk, D., Campbell, S.Published in International Journal of Exercise Science Conference Proceedings (2025)“…Six 25-yard velocity performance measures and six 25-yard technique performance measures were taken with inertial measurement units (IMUs). …”
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Training strategies of world tour cyclists: Periodization and load distribution across a competitive season
Mateo-March, M., Peña-González, I., Moya-Ramón, M., Javaloyes, A.Published in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports (2025)“…This study aimed to analyze training strategies, periodization, and load distribution in World Tour professional road cyclists to understand how these factors contribute to performance optimization across a competitive season. …”
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Mitigating end-stage fatigue: Acute inhaled salmeterol preserves sprint power in simulated cycling
Merlini, M., Staiano, W., Angius, L., Romagnoli, M., Schena, F., Dickinson, J., Marcora, S.Published in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports (2025)“…This study tested whether a single 100 µg inhalation of salmeterol enhances 12-s sprint performance in both fresh and fatigued states in elite road cyclists. …”
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Power generated by underwater strokes in front crawl swimming and its kinematic contributing factors
Kudo, S., Yanai, T., Matsuda, Y.Published in Journal of Biomechanics (2025)“…Power generated by underwater strokes yielded two peaks in the pull (237 W) and push phases (221 W). …”
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Associations between body composition and performance in elite endurance athletes
Kettunen, O., Mikkola, J., Ihalainen, J. K.Published in International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (2025)“…Results: No changes in BM or body composition were detected from T1 to T2 except for lean mass (LM), which increased in only runners (P = .03). Peak running speed (Vpeak; P < .001) and relative peak oxygen uptake (P = .04) increased from T1 to T2 regardless of the sport or sex. …”
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Menarche as maturational factor in young swimmers` development of morphological, physical and performance characteristics over a year of training
López-Plaza, D., Alacid, F., Abellán-Aynés, O., Quero-Calero, C. D.Published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2025)“…Muscular strength, hand length, and 10 m underwater performance were significantly associated with short-distance performance, especially in menarcheal girls (r > 0.59), whereas maturity and training were more related to 200 m performance (P < 0.05). …”
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Synbiotic supplementation with probiotics and omega-3 fatty acids enhances upper-body muscle strength in elite swimmers: Evidence for gut-muscle axis modulation during race-pace tr...
Imanian, B., Hemmatinafar, M., Maymandinejad, I., Binazade, M. R., Jäger, R., Jahan, Z., Naseri, K., Rezaei, R., Suzuki, K.Published in Nutrients (2025)“…Primary outcomes indexed dynamic/explosive strength (isokinetic shoulder torque and power at 180°/s, rate of force development, time-to-peak torque); secondary outcomes included maximal strength (MVIC; 60°/s) and field/strength-endurance tests (dead-hang, handgrip, medicine-ball throw). …”
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Feasibility of sodium bicarbonate ingestion in artistic swimming performances
Sprenger, H. M. L., van Biljouw, T., Bentley, D. J.Published in Nutrients (2025)“…Methods: Seventeen (n = 17) elite adolescent female artistic swimmers completed an initial trial to determine individual time-to-peak blood bicarbonate concentration (Part 1). Subsequently, a subset (n = 7) completed a randomized, double-blind, crossover intervention (Part 2), performing competition duet routines (4 min) after ingesting either 0.3 g/kg NaHCO3 or a placebo timed to their individual alkalosis peak. …”
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Effect of complex training on lower limb strength and running economy in adolescent distance runners
Yu, S., Zhou, S., Peng, D., Jie, D.Published in Frontiers in Physiology (2025)“…The CT group exhibited superior improvements in CMJ peak power (p = 0.010), DJ performance (p = 0.017), and RSI (p < 0.001). …”
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A moderate-intensity interval training block improves endurance performance in well-trained cyclists
Mølmen, K. S., Odden, I., Sørensen, M. D., Rustaden, A. M., Hammarström, D., Hansen, J., Nygaard, H., Hamarsland, H., Rønnestad, B. R.Published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2025)“…Specific guidelines included completing either two MIT sessions or one MIT session and one high-intensity interval session per week. Endurance performance indicators assessed included changes in 15-min maximal average power output (PO15min), power output at 4 mmol·L-1 [blood lactate] (PO4mmol), 1-min peak power output during incremental testing (POVO2max), and VO2max. …”
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Modelling of performance prediction by analysis of elite swimmers` anthropometry, peak performance age and age-related performance progression
Nazari Mehrabi, A., Imani, H., Khademnoe, O., Khantan, M., Lundberg, T. R., Gorzi, A.Published in PLOS ONE (2025)“…In this study, anthropometry, age-related performance progression and peak performance age (PPA) in elite swimmers were analysed to develop a model to predict peak performance. …”
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Physiological responses to full and segmented duet routines in elite artistic swimmers
Iglesias, X., Rodríguez-Zamora, L., Carrasco-Marginet, M., Irurtia, A., Rodríguez, F. A., Fernández-Jarillo, I., Chaverri, D.Published in PLOS ONE (2025)“…VO2 increased rapidly, reaching nearly 90% of VO2 peak within 67 seconds (mean: 61.8 ± 15.1 mL/min/kg). …”
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Associations between swimmers` dry-land lower- and upper-limb measures and butterfly sprint performance
Holub, M., Glyk, W., Stanula, A., Weiss, K., Rosemann, T., Knechtle, B.Published in Sports (2025)“…On dry land, we measured jump height, lower-limb work and power, as well as peak velocity, power, and force in the butterfly arm pull test. …”
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Influence of trunk strength on sprint performance in swimmers: a cross-sectional analysis of torque-velocity relationships
Dai, J., Dai, Z., Ding, Y.Published in Frontiers in Physiology (2025)“…Contrary to the hypotheses, peak torque at 120°/s did not correlate more strongly with performance than at 60°/s, and rotation torque did not surpass flexion/extension metrics. …”
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What is the best step technique for swimming relay starts?
Veiga, S., Fischer, S., Qiu, X., Stosic, J., Fuhrmann, S., Kibele, A., Braun, C.Published in Journal of Sports Science & Medicine (2025)“…This was the result of i) longer block times, ii) faster horizontal velocities with lower peak forces during the leg step and iii) faster velocities with higher peak forces when driving-off the block in the long-step technique. …”
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Preserved fuel mix in spite of increased metabolic rate and lactate steady state at higher cycling cadence
Beneke, R., Leithäuser, R. M., Peters, K., Beier, T., Caputo, F.Published in International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (2025)“…Methods: Eleven male triathletes (age: 28.2 [9.2] y, height: 179.9 [6.0] cm, body mass: 73.1 [4.8] kg, performance level 3) completed 2 incremental load tests to determine peak power (Ppeak) and 4 prolonged cycling tests including 20-minute warm-up at 40% Ppeak followed by a 20-minute load phase at 60% and 70% Ppeak with a subsequent cooldown at 40% Ppeak, all at 60 and 100 rpm, respectively. …”
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Differences in the rotation angles of the upper, middle, and lower thoracic spine, lumbar spine, and pelvis during front crawl swimming
Ogata, T., Takabayashi, T., Toma, H., Kikumoto, T., Kubo, M.Published in Sports Biomechanics (2025)“…Participant had five inertial measurement units attached to the spinous processes and performed a 50 m front crawl swim. We measured and compared peak rotation angle and timing on the breathing side across the spinal segments. …”