The effect of progressive cool-down training (steady-gradient) on blood lactic acid concentration,VO2max, and the achievement of 5000-meter running in young men

Abstract

e player’s success in achieving the best times during various tournaments. The effectiveness of running (5000 meters) is one of the competitions that requires physical elements and physiological adaptations at a high level. est strategy for cool-down on some physiological variables and the achievement of running 5000 meters. The study aimed to prepare training in the two methods of gradual - fixed apical cool-down) and to identify its effect on the study variables. The researcher used the experimental method in the style of two equivalent experimental groups to suit the nature of the research for the youth players of the clubs of Diwaniyah Governorate (Afak - Nafar -) in track and field in long-distance running (running 5000 meters), whose number was (10) competitors. They were randomly divided into two experimental groups with (5) competitors for each group after the two groups were equal in the study variables after conducting the pre-tests. The first experimental group was subjected to a gradual calming strategy, while the second experimental group was subjected to a fixed or regular calming strategy. The two experimental groups were subjected to training for the 5000 meter running event in the special preparation stage, and the training period was for (8) weeks, with (3) training units per week. Through the results, the researcher concluded that significant results appeared in the post-tests for the physiological study variables and the achievement of running 5000 meters for both experimental groups, in favor of the first experimental group in the study variables.