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Programmes Effects
Fartlek • Training and preparation of muscles for all kinds
of muscular work (endurance, resistance, strength,
explosive strength) through different working
sequences
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 reflex)
Active recovery • Marked increase in blood flow
• Accelerates the elimination of waste from the
muscular contraction
• Endorphinic effect (see Pain category)
• Relaxing effect
Regeneration • Analgesic effect through the release of endorphins
• Marked increase in blood flow encouraging
oxygenation and drainage
• Activation of the oxydative metabolism
• Reactivation of proprioceptive pathways
Uses
• At the beginning of the season to "re-set" the
muscles after a rest period and before more
intensive and specific training
• During the season for those who do not have any
preferences for a single kind of performance and
prefer to exercise their muscles with different
work-out methods
• 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
• 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
• 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
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