Morning Exercise: Enhancement of Afternoon Sprint-Swimming Performance

An exercise bout completed several hours prior to an event may improve competitive performance later that same day.To examine the influence of morning exercise on afternoon sprint-swimming performance.Thirteen competitive swimmers (7 male, mean age 19 ± 3 y; 6 female, mean age 17 ± 3 y) completed a morning session of 1200 m of variedintensity swimming (SwimOnly), a combination of varied-intensity swimming and a resistance-exercise routine...