Does the inclusion of ballistic exercises during warm-up enhance short distance running performance?

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Gil, Maria
Neiva, Henrique
Alves, Ana
Sousa, António
Duarte-Mendes, Pedro
Marques, Mário
Marinho, Daniel

Edizioni Minerva Medica

Gil, M.H., Neiva, H.P., Alves, A.R., Sousa, A.C., Mendes, P.D., Marques, M.C., & Marinho, D.A. (2020). Does the inclusion of ballistic exercises during warm-up enhance short distance running performance?. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness.

10.23736/S0022-4707.19.10274-5

Does the inclusion of ballistic exercises during warm-up enhance short distance running performance?

Warm-up
Post-activation potentiation
Performance
Physiology
Biomechanics

2020-02-27T08:46:52Z
2020-02-27T08:46:52Z
2020-02-04

BACKGROUND: Warm-up is considered essential to optimize running performance, but little is known about the effect of specific warm-up tasks, specifically in the real competitive context. The current study aimed to verify the acute effects of a warm-up including ballistic exercises in 30m running performance. In addition, a second 30m trial was assessed to better understand the warm-up effects in training/competition. METHODS: Twenty-two men (19.32±1.43 years-old) randomly completed the time- trials on separate days and after a typical warm-up (WU), a WU complemented with ballistic exercises (post-activation potentiation - PAP) or no warm-up (NWU). Biomechanical, physiological and psychophysiological variables were assessed. RESULTS: The participants were 1.9% faster in the first 30m sprint after WU compared with NWU, mainly increased performance in the first 15m (p=0.03, ES=0.48). WU resulted in greater stride length in the last 15m of the first sprint. PAP did not differ from NWU and WU, despite eight participants performed better after this warm-up. CONCLUSIONS: These results highlight the positive effects of warm- up for sprinting, despite failed to evidence positive effects when ballistic exercises are included. In addition, the influence of warm-up in the running technique was highlighted by the changes in the running kinematics and a need for individualization of warm-up procedures.
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