Effects of Detraining on the Major Physiological Systems

Abstract

Detraining is expressed as a decrease or interruption in the frequency, intensity or duration of training necessary to maintain the gains in physiological and performance characteristics obtained by training. The amount of reversibility of physiological adaptations that occur with training; depends on the person's training status, genetic characteristics, how much the intensity and frequency components of the training are reduced, and how long the training is interrupted. The detraining period has important effects on the performance characteristics of the athletes such as endurance, strength, speed, balance and flexibility. During this period, the performance levels of the athletes decrease greatly. These decreases are higher in trained athletes than in untrained athletes. The features gained through intense training begin to regress rapidly with a short break in training. The longer the conditional properties are gained, the later the losses are. Coaches need to plan the detraining period very carefully so that the performance of the athletes does not decrease significantly. In this study, the effects of detraining on the major physiological systems were investigated. © 2021, Ataturk Universitesi. All rights reserved.