Rodríguez & levine (project altitude ) bms2010 oslo

Rodríguez, F.A., Levine, B.D. The Altitude Project: An international collaborative research project on altitude training in elite swimmers. Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming XI. Oslo, 2010.

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Sport Sciences Research Group INEFC Barcelona

Grup de Recerca en Ciències de l'Esport INEFC Barcelona

Grup Consolidat (2009 SGR1054)

Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya

Av. de l’Estadi, 12-22

08038 Barcelona (Spain)

+34 93 425 54 45 [email protected] @Recerca_INEFC

Ferran A. Rodríguez

Benjamin D. Levine

The Altitude ProjectAn International Collaborative Research Project on Altitude Training in Elite Swimmers

The ALTITUDE Project

An international collaborative research project on the impact

of different strategies of altitude training on performance,

technique and health status in elite swimmers

What is it?


● An Olympic swimmer should improve his/her performance by

about 1% within the year leading up to the Olympics to stay in

contention for a medal

● A recent meta-analysis concluded that the expectable

performance benefit from AT/hypoxic training for elite

athletes could be as high as 1.6%

● In spite of the research carried out over the last four decades,

the effectiveness and physiological mechanisms through which

AT should enhance sea level performance are still

controversial

Justification

Bonetti & Hopkins (2009) Sports Med, 39: 107-27


● The questions we need to answer are:*

Does AT works for elite swimmers? Effectiveness

Why? Mechanisms

How? Methods and strategies

When? Planning and competition after AT

For whom? Inter- / intrasubject variability

Justification

BMS2010 : Saturday 19, 10:30 (Aud. A)


● To compare altitude training (Hi-Hi, Hi-Lo) and sea level training on

sea level performance

aerobic & anaerobic metabolic capacities

economy

hematologic & biochemical markers

cardiovascular system (echocardiography & HRV)

● To elucidate whether the adaptive mechanisms

are mainly hematologic (erythropoiesis)

non-hematologic

Aims


● To monitor the time course of the adaptations

● To determine whether AT affects swimming technique before, during or

after acclimatization

● To disclose negative effects on athletes’ health

cardiovascular system

prooxidant/antioxidant balance

immune status

Aims


● High-profile group of sport scientists from

USA, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Spain

Invited to join: Norway, Japan, France, Canada, NZ, China

● 40 elite swimmers and coaches from

USA, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Spain

Invited to join: Australia, Germany, France, Finland, Portugal, Estonia, South Africa,

Italy, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, China

● Altitude camps at CAR Sierra Nevada (2,230 m) and sea-level camps

at Barcelona

● The project is open to sports and scientific national organizations

from all countries willing to contribute with recruiting and funding

athletes, coaches and scientists

An International Project

The ALTITUDE ProjectDesign


Lead-in Training at

Home

HematologyOxidative stressImmunology

MHbHEMFeOXIIMM

Follow-up Testing at

Home

PerformanceTechnique

ECHO

CardiovascularEchocardiographyHRVHRV

BPECHO

ECONVO2MMAOD

CardiorespiratoryMetabolism

TT50m

100m400m

1 5 Weeks+1-1 0 2 3 4 6

Hi-Hi

Altitude(m)

690

2,230 Sierra Nevada

BarcelonaLo-Lo

Hi-Lo

Final Testing

Initial Testing

High Intensity Training

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● Confirmed

Ministry of Science of Spain

Higher Spanish Sports Council

The Spanish Olympic Committee

Spanish Swimming – RFEN

Dutch Swimming – KNZB

● Under study

IOC - Olympic Solidarity

FINA

US Olympic Committee

Australian Institute of Sport

Portuguese Swimming

German Swimming – DSV

Australian Institute of Sport

Finnish Society of Sports Science

Italian Olympic Committee

Int. Assoc. High Performance Centers

Recruitment and Funding


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