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Programmes
Effects
Uses
Fartlek
Training and preparation
of muscles for all kinds of
muscular work (endu-
rance, resistance, strength,
explosive strength)
through different working
sequences
Active
recovery
Marked increase in blood
flow
Accelerates the elimination
of waste from the muscular
contraction
Endorphinic effect (see
Pain category)
Relaxing effect
To improve and accelerate
the muscle recovery after an
intensive exercise
To be used during the first 3
hours after each session of
intensive training or after a
competition
Regeneration
Analgesic effect through
the release of endorphins
Marked increase in blood
flow encouraging oxyge-
nation and drainage
Activation of the oxydative
metabolism
Reactivation of proprio-
ceptive pathways
To be used the day after
competition as recovery
training or as a complement
to this type of training, the
intensity of which can then
be reduced
Programmes
Effects
Uses
Potentiation
Increased speed of
contraction and power
gain
Less nervous effort to at-
tain maximum strength
For optimum muscle prepa-
ration immediately before
competition
Endurance
Improved absorption of
oxygen by the stimulated
muscles
Improved performance for
endurance sports
For athletes who wish to
improve their performance
in long-duration sporting
events
Resistance
Improved absorption of
oxygen by the stimulated
muscles
Improved performance for
endurance sports
For athletes who wish to
improve their performance
in long-duration sporting
events
Hypertrophy
Increased muscle volume
Increased muscle resis-
tance
For competitive athletes
who wish to increase their
muscle mass
For body-builders
Strength
Increased maximum
strength
Increased rate of muscular
contraction
For competitive athletes
practising a discipline that
requires strength and speed
Explosive
strength
At the beginning of the sea-
son to “re-set” the muscles
after a rest period and be-
fore more intensive and
specific training
During the season for those
who do not have any prefe-
rences for a single kind of
performance and prefer to
exercise their muscles with
different work-out methods
Increases the speed at
which the level of strength
is attained
Improved efficiency of ex-
plosive actions (jumping,
sprinting, etc.)
For athletes practising a dis-
cipline in which explosive
strength is an important fac-
tor in performance
Sport
Sport
Stretching
To optimise the effects of
the voluntary technique of
stretching, by means of a
reduction of muscular
tonus obtained by specific
activation of the antagonist
of the stretched muscle
(reciprocal inhibition re-
flex)
For all athletes who wish to
maintain or improve their
muscular elasticity
To be used after all training
sessions or during a specific
stretching session
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