Effects of strength training in young short-distance crawl swimmers. a systematic review (2017-2022)

Abstract

Background: In recent years, strength training has become essential in the planning of both amateur and professional swimmers. Strength training in short events generates an improvement in performance, since the greater strength capacity gives swimmers the ability to cover the distance of the event in less time. However, there is no evidence of the use of concurrent training, so there is a need to study the benefits of this type of training in swimmers

Goals:
To analyze the scientific literature on studies that include strength training and concurrent training in short-distance swimmers.

Method: Five articles published in scientific journals, searched in PubMed, Scopus, Sport Discuss and Web of Science, were analyzed under the search for “Swimming” AND “Strength training” OR Dry-land strength* OR Concurrent training* AND “Sprint” AND ("Teenagers". These passed the selection filter, eliminating duplicates, studies that did not deal with the subject and those prior to 2017. Studies in which the participants were young swimmers were included and the influence of force in tests was analyzed. short distance swimming.

Results: Strength training, and specifically concurrent training, improves the performance of short-distance swimmers, improving the start of the test, stroke frequency and strength in the upper body

Conclusions: Concurrent strength training achieves performance improvements for short-distance swimmers.