Effects of Light Pedaling Added to Contrast Water Immersion for Recovery after Exhaustive Exercise

Gaelle Deley, Carole Cometti, Christos Paizis and Nicolas Babault
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Gaelle Deley: INSERM Unity 1093-Cognition Action Plasticité Sensorimotrice, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, F-21000 Dijon, France
Carole Cometti: INSERM Unity 1093-Cognition Action Plasticité Sensorimotrice, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, F-21000 Dijon, France
Christos Paizis: INSERM Unity 1093-Cognition Action Plasticité Sensorimotrice, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, F-21000 Dijon, France
Nicolas Babault: INSERM Unity 1093-Cognition Action Plasticité Sensorimotrice, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, F-21000 Dijon, France

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-10

Abstract: For years, athletes and coaches have been looking for new strategies to optimize post-exercise recovery; it has recently been suggested that combining several methods might be a great option. This study therefore aimed to investigate the efficacy of contrast water therapy (CWT) used alone or associated with pedaling to recover from exhaustive exercise. After high-intensity intermittent exercise, 33 participants underwent 30 min of either (i) passive rest (PASSIVE), (ii) CWT with pedaling while in water (COMB) or (iii) classic CWT (CWT). Blood lactate concentration, countermovement jump height and perceived exhaustion were recorded before exercise, immediately after, after recovery interventions and after an additional 30 min of passive rest. Blood lactate concentration returned to initial values after 30 min of COMB (5.9 mmol/L), whereas in the other conditions even 60 min was not enough (10.2 and 9.6 mmol/L for PASSIVE and CWT, respectively, p < 0.05). Jump height was close to initial values after 30 min of CWT (37.3 cm), whereas values were still depressed after 60 min in the PASSIVE (36.0 cm) and COMB (35.7 cm) conditions ( p < 0.05). Perceived exertion was still high for all conditions after 60 min. The present results are in favor of the utilization of CWT after exhaustive exercise, but the modality has to be chosen depending on what comes next (subsequent exercise scheduled in the following hours or further away).

Keywords: blood lactate concentration; perceived exertion; performance; contrast water immersion; combined recovery; vertical jump (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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