Yin and yang, or peas in a pod? Individual-sport versus team-sport athletes and altitude training
Journal article
Aughey, Robert J., Buchheit, Martin, Garvican-Lewis, Laura A., Roach, Gregory D., Sargent, Charli, Billaut, François, Varley, Matthew C., Bourdon, Pitre C. and Gore, Christopher J.. (2013). Yin and yang, or peas in a pod? Individual-sport versus team-sport athletes and altitude training. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 47(18), pp. 1150-1154. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092764
Authors | Aughey, Robert J., Buchheit, Martin, Garvican-Lewis, Laura A., Roach, Gregory D., Sargent, Charli, Billaut, François, Varley, Matthew C., Bourdon, Pitre C. and Gore, Christopher J. |
---|---|
Abstract | The question of whether altitude training can enhance subsequent sea-level performance has been well investigated over many decades. However, research on this topic has focused on athletes from individual or endurance sports, with scant number of studies on team-sport athletes. Questions that need to be answered include whether this type of training may enhance team-sport athlete performance, when success in team-sport is often more based on technical and tactical ability rather than physical capacity per se. This review will contrast and compare athletes from two sports representative of endurance (cycling) and team-sports (soccer). Specifically, we draw on the respective competition schedules, physiological capacities, activity profiles and energetics of each sport to compare the similarities between athletes from these sports and discuss the relative merits of altitude training for these athletes. The application of conventional live-high, train-high; live-high, train-low; and intermittent hypoxic training for team-sport athletes in the context of the above will be presented. When the above points are considered, we will conclude that dependent on resources and training objectives, altitude training can be seen as an attractive proposition to enhance the physical performance of team-sport athletes without the need for an obvious increase in training load. |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | British Journal of Sports Medicine |
Journal citation | 47 (18), pp. 1150-1154 |
Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group Limited |
ISSN | 0306-3674 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092764 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84888592871 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1150-1154 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
19 Nov 2013 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 13 Sep 2013 |
Deposited | 11 May 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w02w/yin-and-yang-or-peas-in-a-pod-individual-sport-versus-team-sport-athletes-and-altitude-training
Download files
Publisher's version
OA_Aughey_2013_Yin_and_yang_or_peas_in.pdf | |
License: CC BY-NC 3.0 | |
File access level: Open |
96
total views36
total downloads2
views this month1
downloads this month