Giannis Nikitakis

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | uoa · Department of Aquatics

The study examined the effect of set sequence on performance and physiological responses in a training session and in each set separately. Twelve male swimmers performed four sessions in a randomized order, including a combination of two training sets: (i) set A-set C, (ii) set C-set A, (iii) set B-set C, (iv) set C-set B. Set A consisted of 8 × 20...

Purpose: Interval-training sets may be applied in a different sequence within a swimming training session. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different set sequences on performance and physiological responses in a training session. Methods: Twelve highly trained male swimmers performed 4 sessions in randomized order. Each ses...

INTRODUCTION: Interval training sets may be applied in a varied sequence within a swimming session. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different sequences of training sets on performance and physiological responses in a training session. METHODS: Twelve swimmers (18.73.4 years) performed a 50 m sprint to evaluate maximal speed....

INTRODUCTION: Swimming training may include sets in various intensities that applied concurrently and with varied order. The sequence of training sets may affect performance and physiological response of the whole session and in each set separately. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of set sequence on performance and physiological...

AIM Swimming training sessions are planned to include a sequence of sets with different characteristics, which may affect performance and physiological responses. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different sequences of training sets on performance and physiological responses in a training session. MATERIAL & METHOD Ten swimm...

The purpose of the study was to define the most appropriate method for the calculation of the speed corresponding to lactate threshold (sLT) in male swimmers. Eight boys and eight adolescents (age: 11.4±0.5 and 15.8±0.8 years) performed 7×200-m swimming front-crawl and after drawing the speed vs. lactate curve, the sLTs were calculated using five m...

The purpose of this study was to verify the physiological responses and biomechanical parameters measured during 30 min of continuous swimming (T30) at intensity corresponding to lactate threshold previously calculated by an intermittent progressively increasing speed test (7 × 200 m). Fourteen competitive swimmers (18.0 (2.5) years, 67.5 (8.8) kg,...

Background: Physiological and biomechanical parameters obtained during testing need validation in a training setting. The purpose of this study was to compare parameters calculated by a 5 × 200-m test with those measured during an intermittent swimming training set performed at constant speed corresponding to blood lactate concentration of 4 mmol∙...

AIM: progressively increasing swimming speed test (5 × 200 m) is used to calculate the speed corresponding to blood lactate concentration of 4 mmol/L (V4) and related physiological and biomechanical parameters. The purpose of this study was to compare the calculated by a 5 × 200-m test parameters with those obtained during an intermittent swimming...

AIM: The purpose of this study was to validate the physiological responses and biomechanical parameters during continuous swimming at intensity corresponding to lactate threshold previously calculated by an intermittent, progressively increasing speed test (7 × 200-m). MATERIAL & METHOD: Nine competitive male and female swimmers (age, 19.2 ± 2.3 ye...

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare physiological responses during continuous and intermittent swimming at intensity corresponding to critical speed (CS: slope of the distance vs. time relationship using 200 and 400-m tests) with maximal lactate steady state (MLSS) in children and adolescents. Methods: CS and the speed correspondin...

Background The magnitude of long-term changes on aerobic endurance indices provides useful information for understanding any training-induced adaptation during maturation. Objective The aim of the present study was to compare changes in different aerobic endurance indices within two successive training years. Methods Eight swimmers, (five male, t...