Exercise Intensity in Youth Rock Climbers 8-16 Years of Age

Siegel, Shannon R.; Robinson, Jacob M.; Johnston, Sean A.

doi:10.1249/01.mss.0000385354.55431.0e

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“…While some tests are also known in other sports, more climbing specific tests were developed: Sit and reach Lateral foot reach Grant foot raise Climbing specific foot raise Hip abduction test Draga test Hip slide test Foot loading flexibility test Asymmetry in reach test Froggies Straddle test Hip flexion and rotation Leg flexion The sit and reach test as a test for low back and hamstring active static flexibility was used in multiple studies. Except for one study by Siegel et al ( 114 ), who conducted the back saver sit and reach test, all studies conducted the sit and reach test with both legs. The only authors reporting reliability data are Draper et al ( 169 ), who report a very high inter-session reliability.…”

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Physical performance testing in climbing—A systematic review

Langer

Simon

Wiemeyer

2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Due to the increasing popularity of climbing, the corresponding diagnostics are gaining in importance for both science and practice. This review aims to give an overview of the quality of different diagnostic testing- and measurement methods for performance, strength, endurance, and flexibility in climbing. A systematic literature search for studies including quantitative methods and tests for measuring different forms of strength, endurance, flexibility, or performance in climbing and bouldering was conducted on PubMed and SPORT Discus. Studies and abstracts were included if they a) worked with a representative sample of human boulderers and/or climbers, b) included detailed information on at least one test, and c) were randomized-controlled-, cohort-, cross-over-, intervention-, or case studies. 156 studies were included into the review. Data regarding subject characteristics, as well as the implementation and quality of all relevant tests were extracted from the studies. Tests with similar exercises were grouped and the information on a) measured value, b) unit, c) subject characteristics (sex and ability level), and d) quality criteria (objectivity, reliability, validity) were bundled and displayed in standardized tables. In total, 63 different tests were identified, of which some comprised different ways of implementation. This clearly shows that there are no uniform or standard procedures in climbing diagnostics, for tests on strength, endurance or flexibility. Furthermore, only few studies report data on test quality and detailed information on sample characteristics. This not only makes it difficult to compare test results, but at the same time makes it impossible to give precise test recommendations. Nevertheless, this overview of the current state of research contributes to the creation of more uniform test batteries in the future.

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Physical performance testing in climbing—A systematic review

Langer

Simon

Wiemeyer

2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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“…As long as the activity has an adequate intensity, load, or challenge, it has the potential to cause subsequent physiological adaptation and increased performance. It is therefore promising that several of the typical lifestyle sports, such as capoeira (Moreira et al 2018), climbing (Siegel et al 2015), skateboarding (Hetzler et al 2011), and surfing (Bravo et al 2016;LaLanne et al 2017)-to mention a few-are associated with at least moderate intensity. In youth, moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is associated with several health outcomes, and the World Health Organization (2020) recommends that children and adolescents accumulate at least 60 min of MVPA per day and that adults accumulate at least 150 min of MVPA per week.…”

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“…We found eight studies that examined the association between lifestyle sports (climbing, surfing, and trampolining) and flexibility. Overall, five of these studies suggested a beneficial association between performing these sports and flexibility (Clapham et al 2018;Aykora 2019;Giagazoglou et al 2013;Koca et al 2019;Muehlbauer et al 2012), whereas two showed mixed results (Armitano et al 2015;Siegel et al 2015). We found few studies examining lifestyle sports in relation to systolic and diastolic blood pressure (Hignett et al 2018), bone mineral density (Sherk et al 2010), and markers of inflammation (Momesso dos Santos et al 2015).…”

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Developmental Outcomes for Young People Participating in Informal and Lifestyle Sports: A Scoping Review of the Literature, 2000–2020

2023

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The aim of this study is to review the literature on lifestyle sports and lifestyle sport contexts with regard to the developmental potential they may represent in young people’s everyday lives. The review applies a relational developmental systems approach to youth development. The eligibility criteria are based on the phenomenon of interest and outcomes. Hence, we include studies examining the associations between young people performing lifestyle sports and potential developmental outcomes: mental, biological, social, and behavioral. The present study shows that the volume of research on informal lifestyle sport is rather extensive and that studies on the way these activity contexts may affect developmental processes in youth are diverse and wide ranging. The studies suggest that performing lifestyle sports may have several beneficial health and skills outcomes. Furthermore, positive associations are suggested between involvement in lifestyle sport contexts such as climbing, snowboarding, parkour, tricking, kiting, and surfing and (a) mental outcomes such joy, happiness, freedom, euphoria, motivation, self-efficacy, and well-being; (b) social outcomes such as gender equality, network building, social inclusion, interaction, friendship; and (c) behavioral outcomes such as identity, creativity, and expressions of masculinity and/or femininity. The review performed indicates that lifestyle sport contexts are flexible according to needs and desires that exist among the practitioners and that the human and democratic origins of these contexts make them supportive for positive movement experiences and for positive youth development. The findings have implications for PE teachers, social workers, policymakers, sport organizations, and urban architecture, in that providing lifestyle sport opportunities in the everyday lives of young people will foster a holistic development in a positive way.

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“…Climbing is categorized as a moderate-to-vigorous physical activity [30]. Indeed, a study on novice youth climbers aged 11.5 ± 2.3 years reported that climbing met recommendations for moderate exercise intensity and duration, which is associated with improved health-related fitness [31]. It has to be noted that the changes in the lipid profile as a result of an exercise or training program differ according to the type of exercise, its intensity, frequency, duration of each session, and the time spent in the exercise or sports program (i.e., training experience) [32].…”

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Lipid Profile of Youth Sport Climbers: A Preliminary Investigation

Gilić,

Vrdoljak,

Kesic

et al. 2023

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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Introduction. Lipid profile is one of the main determinants of cardiovascular health status. Moderate and vigorous physical activity can positively influence lipid profile, and one such activity is sport climbing. The main aim of this study was to determine the lipid profile and to investigate the influence of training experience on the lipid profile of youth climbers. Material and Methods. This research included 12 youth climbers aged 15.33 ± 1.30 years (6 males, 6 females), who were tested on anthropo-metric indices and lipid profile (total cholesterol, high-density lipoproteins, low-density lipoproteins, triglycerides) using the point-of-care testing. Variables of lipid profile were correlated with years of climbing experience by Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients, while the differences between females and males were checked by the Mann-Whitney U test. Results. Youth climbers had acceptable levels of all measured lipid parameters. Training experience was significantly positively correlated with body mass index (R = 0.76, p < 0.01) and significantly negatively correlated with cholesterol (R = -0.80, p < 0.01). Conclusions. Results support that climbing as a vigorous and enjoyable physical activity might be advertised as a proxy for reaching recommended amounts of physical activity among adolescents, which is associated with improved lipid profile. However, this is only a preliminary investigation advocating that determinants of health status related to climbing practice should be further investigated.

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Exercise Intensity in Youth Rock Climbers 8-16 Years of Age

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Physical performance testing in climbing—A systematic review

Physical performance testing in climbing—A systematic review

Developmental Outcomes for Young People Participating in Informal and Lifestyle Sports: A Scoping Review of the Literature, 2000–2020

Lipid Profile of Youth Sport Climbers: A Preliminary Investigation

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