Comparison of physical performance levels in BMX athletes after 5 months of training

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Ramon Lopes
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Rocha, Júlio Cesar Piedade MS, Pussieldi, Guilherme de Azambuja
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322951965_Comparison_of_physical_performance_levels_in_BMX_athletes_after_5_months_of_training; http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/23486
• topic: BMX athletes; Training workload; Physical performance; Atletas de BMX; Controle do treinamento; Desempenho físico

This study aimed to verify the physical performance in BMX cycling athletes after a period of five months of training. Five five BMX cycling male athletes with a mean age of 22.3 ± 1.4 completed two battery of fitness tests and sporting performance, with a gap of five months between the first and the second. The tests used were the horizontal jump, vertical jump, dorsal strength, 50m speed bicycle and square agility test. No significant differences were found in any anthropometric variable, and in the variables vertical jump without load and vertical jump with load. However, for the agility test, significant differences were found. For the strength dorsal test, horizontal jump test and sprint 50m no significant differences were found. It can be concluded that the agility improves during the five months of systemized training, and that the tests applied to the same BMX athletes don't show significant differences in physical performance; however, but they showed improvement trends, and this responses are very important to control training, as they allow a more precise analysis of performance in sports.