ArticleJournal of sports science & medicine2009
Combined strength and endurance training in competitive swimmers.
Article in Journal of sports science & medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06909864 (Competitive Swimming and Shoulder Adaptations), which is not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Competitive Swimming and Shoulder Adaptations: The Role of Stroke Specialty in Adolescent Swimmers
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.
- The methodology of resistance training is crucial for improving short-medium distance front crawl performance in competitive swimmers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
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- Effects of Plyometric Jump Training on Measures of Physical Fitness and Sport-Specific Performance of Water Sports Athletes: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of Different Types of Strength Training on Swimming Performance in Competitive Swimmers: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of Resistance Training Methods and Intensity on the Adolescent Swimmer's Performance: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Biomechanical Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Strength and Conditioning Training Programs on Front Crawl Swimming Performance.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Dry-Land Training Programs on Swimming Turn Performance: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Relationships Between Dry-land Resistance Training and Swim Start Performance and Effects of Such Training on the Swim Start: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- The Impact of Resistance Training on Swimming Performance: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- The Effect of The 8-Week Core Muscle Training in Swimming Time, Swimming Force and Core Muscle Activity Among Swimmers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Trial
- What Is the Optimal Strength Training Load to Improve Swimming Performance? A Randomized Trial of Male Competitive Swimmers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Improved Neuromuscular Performance in Low-Load vs. Moderate-Load Resistance Training Among Young Elite Swimmers.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations Between Swimmers' Dry-Land Lower- and Upper-Limb Measures and Butterfly Sprint Performance.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Application of the Performance Index for Monitoring Anaerobic Endurance of Competitive Swimmers.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Relationship Between the Total Quality Recovery Scale and Race Performance in Competitive College Swimmers over Two Seasons.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Relative contributions of upper-body muscular power and repeated sprint ability to 50-m freestyle swimming performance in competitive swimmers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Influence of upper-body high-intensity intermittent training on energy metabolism and maximal oxygen uptake in elite swimmers.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Comparative effectiveness of physical training modalities on swimming performance: a two-tier network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- Are Dryland Strength and Power Measurements Associated with Swimming Performance? Preliminary Results on Elite Paralympic Swimmers.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comparison of Knee Muscular Strength Balance among Pre- and Post-Puberty Adolescent Swimmers: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
A combined intervention of strength and endurance training is common practice in elite swimming training, but the scientific evidence is scarce. The influences between strength and endurance training have been investigated in other sports but the findings are scattered. Some state the interventions are negative to each other, some state there is no negative relationship and some find bisected and supplementary benefits from the combination when training is applied appropriately. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a combined intervention among competitive swimmers. 20 subjects assigned to a training intervention group (n = 11) or a control group (n = 9) from two different teams completed the study. Anthropometrical data, tethered swimming force, land strength, performance in 50m, 100m and 400m, work economy, peak oxygen uptake, stroke length and stroke rate were investigated in all subjects at pre- and post-test. A combined intervention of maximal strength and high aerobic intensity interval endurance training 2 sessions per week over 11 weeks in addition to regular training were used, while the control group continued regular practice with their respective teams. The intervention group improved land strength, tethered swimming force and 400m freestyle performance more than the control group. The improvement of the 400m was correlated with the improvement of tethered swimming force in the female part of the intervention group. No change occurred in stroke length, stroke rate, performance in 50m or 100m, swimming economy or peak oxygen uptake during swimming. Two weekly dry-land strength training sessions for 11 weeks increase tethered swimming force in competitive swimmers. This increment further improves middle distance swimming performance. 2 weekly sessions of high- intensity interval training does not improve peak oxygen uptake compared with other competitive swimmers. Key pointsTwo weekly sessions of dry land strength training improves the swimming force.Two weekly sessions of high-intensity endurance training did not cause improved endurance capacity.It may seem that dry land strength training can improve middle distance performance.
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