Sprint Training & Neuromuscular Recovery
Neuromuscular Fatigue & Recovery
Girard, O., Mendez-Villanueva, A., & Bishop, D. (2011). Repeated-sprint ability—part I: Factors contributing to fatigue. Sports Medicine, 41 (9), 673-694. https://doi.org/10.2165/11590550-000000000-00000
Work-to-Rest Ratios & Sprint Performance
Billaut, F., & Buchheit, M. (2013). Repeated-sprint performance and vastus lateralis oxygenation: Effect of limited O₂ availability. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 23 (6), e185-e193. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12052
Buchheit, M. (2010). Performance and physiological responses to repeated-sprint and jump sequences. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 110 (5), 1007-1018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-010-1587-3
Buchheit, M., & Laursen, P. B. (2013). High-intensity interval training, solutions to the programming puzzle: Part I: Cardiopulmonary emphasis. Sports Medicine, 43 (5), 313-338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-013-0029-x
Glaister, M. (2005). Multiple sprint work: Physiological responses, mechanisms of fatigue and the influence of aerobic fitness. Sports Medicine, 35 (9), 757-777. https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-200535090-00003
Rogers, T., Gill, N., & Beaven, C. M. (2024). A comparison of three different work to rest periods during intermittent sprint training on maintaining sprint effort performance. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, 22 (2), 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesf.2023.12.004
Resisted Sprint Training - JB Morin & Colleagues
Petrakos, G., Morin, J. B., & Egan, B. (2016). Resisted sled sprint training to improve sprint performance: A systematic review. Sports Medicine, 46 (3), 381-400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-015-0422-8
Morin, J. B., Petrakos, G., Jiménez-Reyes, P., Brown, S. R., Samozino, P., & Cross, M. R. (2017). Very-heavy sled training for improving horizontal-force output in soccer players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12 (6), 840-844. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2016-0444
Cross, M. R., Brughelli, M., Samozino, P., & Morin, J. B. (2017). Methods of power-force-velocity profiling during sprint running: A narrative review. Sports Medicine, 47 (7), 1255-1269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-016-0653-3
Horizontal Resistance & Biomechanics
Alcaraz, P. E., Palao, J. M., & Elvira, J. L. (2009). Determining the optimal load for resisted sprint training with sled towing. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 23 (2), 480-485. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e318198f92c
Cahill, M. J., Oliver, J. L., Cronin, J. B., Clark, K. P., Cross, M. R., & Lloyd, R. S. (2020). Sled pushing and pulling to enhance speed capability. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 42 (4), 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0000000000000460
Recovery & CNS Load
Rumpf, M. C., Lockie, R. G., Cronin, J. B., & Jalilvand, F. (2016). Effect of different sprint training methods on sprint performance over various distances: A brief review. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 30 (6), 1767-1785. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000001245
Haugen, T., Breitschädel, F., & Seiler, S. (2019). Sprint mechanical variables in elite athletes: Are force-velocity profiles sport specific or individual? PLoS ONE, 14 (7), e0215551. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215551
Speed Endurance & Metabolic Adaptations
Dupont, G., Blondel, N., & Berthoin, S. (2003). Performance for short intermittent runs: Active recovery vs. passive recovery. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 89 (6), 548-554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-003-0834-2
Iaia, F. M., Thomassen, M., Kolding, H., Gunnarsson, T., Wendell, J., Rostgaard, T., Nordsborg, N., Krustrup, P., Nybo, L., Hellsten, Y., & Bangsbo, J. (2008). Reduced volume but increased training intensity elevates muscle Na⁺-K⁺ pump α₂-subunit expression as well as short- and long-term work capacity in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology, 104 (6), 1668-1673. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00608.2007