Effect of the addition of swimming in the programs of physical conditioning in equines of race Mangalarga Marchador

Abstract

The objective of this work was to investigate the effects of addition of swimming in the equestrian physical conditioning programs in the mangalarga marchador division, about the charges in performance of these animals, their biochemical and physiological parameters, so that one could make a bather training plan to fit the animal. 13 horses, male and female, were used in the mangalarga marchador race, and were divided into 2 groups: the fist had 4 animals that exercised only with a whip, control group (G1) an the second group with 9 animals that exercised with a whip and swimming (G2). Every animal was used to show the bloom lactate, the frequency of cardiac force and cardiac recuperation (1minute), before and after the protocol test of each animal. Before and after the training period, the animals were measured using a hipometric balance. The results demonstrate that the addition of swimming in the training programs in the space of 1 month is insufficient improvement physically in every parameter analyzed this work, and that there was not a significant difference in the subjects, before and after training in both of the groups (G1 e G2). In conclusion, the addition of swimming in training programs did not cause any effects about the physical aerobic conditioning of these animals of G2, based on the reported indications of frequency cardiac force, frequency cardiac recuperation and in the concentration of bloom lactate force.