Current Exercise Approaches Used To Improve Athletic Performance

Abstract

Sport, which means entertainment, is all of the body movements that are beneficial for physical and psychological development within the framework of certain rules and techniques, and have the purpose of competition as well as having fun. With the increasing value given to sports and athletes from past to present, it has gained importance that athletes and sports teams achieve new successes. For this purpose, a wide variety of exercise approaches have emerged to improve and maintain athlete performance. These approaches are Blood Flow Restriction Training, High-Intensity Interval Training, and Sprint Interval Training. In this review, the effects of these current exercise approaches, which are used to improve and protect athlete performance are summarized based on current studies. There has been increased interest in exercise interventions that provide health benefits with shorter exercise times to improve athlete performance. This study aims to summarize the effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training, High-Intensity Interval Training, and Sprint Interval Training applied in short periods on athlete performance based on current literature. PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science databases were searched with the keywords "blood flow restriction", "high-intensity interval training", and "sprint interval training". Articles published in or after January 2011, whose full text is available, and whose language is English or Turkish, were examined within the scope of this study.