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The present study aimed to examine the effects of using static or dynamic stretching added to the common warm-up routine for short sprint distances and to repeated sprint performance. In 3 different sessions, 16 college-age men (n = 10) and women (n = 6) performed one of 3 warm-ups followed by a 2 × 60 m dash sprint time trial (5 min of rest) in a counterbalanced design. The control warm-up consisted of 10 min of light-intensity
running, and the 2 experimental warm-ups included a static or dynamic stretching routine (5 exercises) in the control warm-up. Performance (time) and physiological variables (tympanic temperature, heart rate) were monitored. In the first 60 m time trial, there were no differences between the 3 warmups tested (F = 0.21, p = 0.73; ηp 2 = 0.01), as opposed to that observed in the second (F = 7.04, p < 0.01; ηp 2 = 0.32). The participants were 1.7 % faster after the static stretching warm-up compared with the control warm-up. The sum of the time performed in the 2 sprints emphasizes these results, with better performances after the static stretching warm-up than the control (1 %) or dynamic stretching warm-up (0.7 %). These results suggest that including a set of static or dynamic stretching exercises may enhance sprinting performance. The better
performance in the second trial after the warm-up including static stretching suggests that this type of stretching may positively influence repeated sprint performance ( < 10 s sprint).
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Pre-exercise Repeated-sprint Evaluation Velocity Heart rate Tympanic temperature