Do biological maturity and performance influence the training load of track and field athletes?

Ramon Cruz,Romulo Bertuzzi,Jefferson V Freitas,Danilo L Alves,Fernando R De-Oliveira,Jorge R.P Lima,Pablo R Domingos,Francisco Z Werneck

doi:10.1590/1980-0037.2019v21e60662

Abstract

Abstract It is necessary to clarify if BM and track and field performance can modulate the perception about RPE-session. The purpose of the present study was to verify if biological maturity and track and field-specific performance can be associated with training load (RPE-session method). Seventy-five young athletes (13-15 years old) of both genders participated in the present study. The experimental protocol lasted seven consecutive days. Performance tests (75-m running, long jump, 250-m running, shot put and 1000-m running) were made on the first day. After 48 hours, five days of track and field training it was prescribed, each day represents a training of each performance test. All training sessions had the same duration (120 min). The value of the training load was obtained multiplying the RPE value with training session duration (in minutes). For girls, the training load of 250-m training was correlated with biological maturity (r = -0.36, p = 0.02, n = 37) and specific performance (r = 0.33, p = 0.04, n = 37). All other analyzes indicate that biological maturity and track and field-specific performance do not influence the training load based on RPE-session method. Training load based on RPE-session is not influenced by biological maturity and track and field-specific performance, therefore can be used to control the training load of young track and field athletes. To girls it is necessary a care to control the training sessions intensity of 250-m running.

Highlights

One of the main objectives of sports training is increases the performance
Faced with the need to understand how the RPE-training session could be influenced, the purpose of this study was to verify if the biological maturity (BM) and specific performance (SP) could be associated with training load (TL) based on RPEtraining session
The training session of long jump had the lowest value of TL, while the training session of 1000 meters had the highest value of TL

Summary

Introduction

In order to reach this objective it is necessary a harmonic relationship between the training load (TL) and adequate recovery[1,2]. In this sense, quantify the TL is critical to the success of training. We already demonstrated that girls have more RPE-training sessions than boys to running trainingsessions (endurance and resistance of speed)[8]. These studies have suggested that RPE-training session is sensitive enough to indicate how the athletes perceive the training intensity

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