The Acute Effects of Different Static and Dynamic Stretch protocols on the Wingate Power Test Performance

The purpose of present study was to investigate the effects of different stretch protocols during warm-up on power performance in the Wingate test. Eighteen male students (Mean±SD: age 22.66±1.64 years, weight 65.5±5.4 kg and height 177±6.3 cm) Were selected and 5 different warmup protocols, with different time dynamic stretching (30, 60 and 90 seconds) and a combination of the static and dynamic stretching, performed on separate days. In each session, immediately after stretching, subjects performed Wingate test. The results show a significant increase in relative peak anaerobic power (p=0.001), relative mean anaerobic power (p=0.001) and fatigue index (p=0.001) in all stretching session than without stretch session. Also, relative peak anaerobic power showed a significant increase (p=0.001) at different times of dynamic stretch than session of combined static and dynamic stretch. However, no significant difference observed between the various sessions of dynamic stretching. Thus, 30s dynamic stretching on muscles involved in movement, without static stretching,before short exercises (less than 30 seconds) that need to peak power, seems to be enough.