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01-04-2016 | Original Article
Heart rate response to different training phases in young female acrosport athletes
Published in: Sport Sciences for Health | Issue 1/2016
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Background
Acrosport is a specific type of gymnastics executed in pairs or groups of athletes, characterized by static, acrobatic, and choreographic elements. Very few data are available in the literature on the physiological profile of acrosport athletes.
Purpose
The aim of the study was to evaluate the heart rate (HR) response to the different phases of a typical acrosport training session.
Methods
Twenty female acrosport athletes (13 bases and 7 tops) volunteered for the study. To assess the cardiovascular commitment and the percentage of HR utilized, data were averaged during the entire training session and for each training phase. Was calculated also the percentage of HR reserve for each training phase.
Results
HR response showed a statistical difference among the different training phases in both base and top athletes. Moreover, bases and tops had a significantly different HR response only in the individual phases.
Conclusion
The training phases during a typical acrosport training session revealed a different cardiovascular commitment during exercise. Differences between tops and bases were also retrieved and were probably due to the different level of experience and the different role played by tops and bases during the same combination of exercises.