Effect of a Six Week In-Season Training Program on Wrestling-Specific Competitive Performance

Lucciano Francino, Bayron Villarroel, Pablo Valdés-Badilla, Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo, Eduardo Báez-San Martín, Alex Ojeda-Aravena, Esteban Aedo-Muñoz, Carolina Pardo-Tamayo and Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela
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Lucciano Francino: Escuela de Ciencias del Deporte y Salud, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago 8370003, Chile
Bayron Villarroel: Escuela de Ciencias del Deporte y Salud, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago 8370003, Chile
Pablo Valdés-Badilla: Department of Physical Activity Science, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3530000, Chile
Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo: Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences Laboratory, School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 7591538, Chile
Eduardo Báez-San Martín: Departamento de Ciencias del Deporte, Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile
Alex Ojeda-Aravena: IRyS Group, Physical Education School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2561427, Chile
Esteban Aedo-Muñoz: Escuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170022, Chile
Carolina Pardo-Tamayo: Escuela de Ciencias del Deporte y Salud, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago 8370003, Chile
Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela: Escuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170022, Chile

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-10

Abstract: The effect of multi-component training on specific performance is under-researched in wrestlers. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of six weeks of multi-component training on The Special Wrestling Fitness Test (SWFT) performances of wrestlers who were preparing for an international championship, and to, additionally, determine their inter-individual adaptive variability. The wrestlers (n = 13; 7 females; all international level) underwent technical-tactical and physical fitness training for the six weeks before the championship, 12 sessions per week (i.e., 36 h per week). Before and after the intervention the athletes were assessed with the SWFT, a wrestling-specific competitive performance test that includes measurements for throws, heart rate response to the SWFT, and the SWFT index. Significant pre–post intervention improvements were noted for throws (pre = 23.5 ± 2.9; post = 24.9 ± 3.6; p = 0.022) and SWFT index (pre = 14.9 ± 2.2; post = 14.1 ± 2.2; p = 0.013. In conclusion, six weeks of multi-component training improved wrestling-specific competitive performances in highly-trained wrestlers, although with a meaningful inter-subject variability.

Keywords: athletic performance; high-intensity interval training; athletic performance; physical fitness; plyometric exercise; muscle strength; resistance training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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