Artículo de revista
Effectiveness of Reverse vs. Traditional Linear Training Periodization in Triathlon
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Clemente Suárez, Vicente Javier
Ramos-Campo, Domingo Jesús
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Abstract
The present research aimed to analyze the modification in performance, body composition,
and autonomic modulation of reverse and traditional linear training periodization in amateur
triathletes.We analyzed running and swimming performance, strengthmanifestation, body composition,
and autonomic modulation before and after a traditional linear training periodization (four weeks of
volume-based training plus four weeks of intensity-based training plus two-week tapering), a reverse
linear training periodization (four weeks of intensity-based training plus four weeks of volume-based
training plus two-week tapering), and a free training control physical active group (10-week free
training) in 32 amateur athletes. Independently of the periodization model, the combination
of two four-week mesocycles followed by a two-week taper is an e ciency strategy to avoid
overreaching, obtaining an increase in parasympathetic modulation. Moreover, both types of training
periodization proposed in this study do not modified body composition of amateur triathletes. Also,
compared with traditional periodization, reverse periodization e ciently improves horizontal jump
performance. Finally, reverse and traditional periodization were an e ective strategy to improve
running biomechanical, performance, and physiological variables, as well as e cient periodization
strategies to improve swimming technical ability, aerobic, and anaerobic swimming performance.