Caracterização do treinamento de força de corredores de rua recreacionais de todas as capitais do nordeste do Brasil

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Running has progressively increased its generation in the past few decades, including among recreational practitioners. Sports scientists point out that strength training (ST) is an effective strategy for reducing the incidence of sports injuries and improvement in performance parameters in medium and long-distance runners. OBJECTIVE: To examine the presence of strength training in the practice of recreational runners, understanding its characteristics and the perception of these runners about its importance for performance. METHODS: A sample of 801 recreational runners, male (n=493) and female (n= 308), aged between 18 and 73 years (M= 39.05 ± 9.63); weight (74.53 ± 13.64 kg); height (170 ± 0.91 cm) BMI (M=25.31 ± 3.67 kg/m2), residents of the nine capitals of northeastern Brazil answered questions about their training habits, the means used was a structured questionnaire with validation affected content. The statistical test used was the Chi-square of independence to verify possible associations between categorical variables. Four distinct performance levels were determined using a quartile adjusted for sex, age, and best time taken at the 5km distances. RESULTS: In this study, 78.0% (n=625) perform some type of strength training, there was a statistically significant difference only for the prevalence of male runners who include RT in their training routine, when compared between performance levels (82.7% in the 2nd quartile vs. 52.6% in the 4th quartile). Regarding the characteristics of the TF, 49.4% (n=310) perform between 3 and 4 sessions per week of TF through weight training and the majority 62.8% (n=394) perform the sessions on alternate days to the training of racing. As for the importance attributed to the TF, the vast majority 537 (85%) of the runners consider strength training very important to improve performance. CONCLUSION: The majority of runners include some form of TF. When comparing the different performance levels, only among male subjects was a higher prevalence of runners with a higher performance level that includes some type of TF was observed. These results can be used by coaches to clarify the involvement of runners with different types of TF at different performance levels.