Event Title
Periodization Training Program for Olympic Male Swimmers for the 200 Individual Medley
Presentation Type
Poster/Portfolio
Presenter Major(s)
Exercise Science
Mentor Information
Amy Crawley, crawleam@gvsu.edu
Location
Henry Hall Atrium 91
Start Date
13-4-2011 10:00 AM
End Date
13-4-2011 11:00 AM
Abstract
Did you know that at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China the difference between second and third place in the 200 Individual Medley was one hundredth of a second? In the competitive world of Olympic swimming, receiving a gold medal or making the cut to participate in the Olympics is often the result of the athlete's training program. The purpose of this study was to do a comprehensive review of the literature to provide a specific macrocycle, periodized training regimen to improve the 200 Individual Medley times of the male Olympic swimmer. As this program was hypothetical, the generalizability of this research is limited. This program could be valuable to Olympic swimming coaches and their athletes as it provided a year-round training program using aerobic and anaerobic training adaptations to achieve a higher level of performance.
Periodization Training Program for Olympic Male Swimmers for the 200 Individual Medley
Henry Hall Atrium 91
Did you know that at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China the difference between second and third place in the 200 Individual Medley was one hundredth of a second? In the competitive world of Olympic swimming, receiving a gold medal or making the cut to participate in the Olympics is often the result of the athlete's training program. The purpose of this study was to do a comprehensive review of the literature to provide a specific macrocycle, periodized training regimen to improve the 200 Individual Medley times of the male Olympic swimmer. As this program was hypothetical, the generalizability of this research is limited. This program could be valuable to Olympic swimming coaches and their athletes as it provided a year-round training program using aerobic and anaerobic training adaptations to achieve a higher level of performance.