Responses of competitive athletes to lay-offs in training: exercise addiction or psychological relief?
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ABSTRACT:
Two exploratory studies were conducted to investigate the response of competitive athletes to a lay-off from training. In the first study, 31 competitive runners were tested on a mood scale and a State Anxiety questionnaire before, after, and during a one day lay-off. In the second study, 20 competitive swimmers were tested before, after, and on the second and fifth day of a lay-off. No overall evidence for unpleasant effects of withdrawal from exercise were found in either study. However, in both studies, males and athletes competing at higher levels exhibited more negative moods during lay-off than did females and athletes competing at lower levels. It is suggested that two opposing processes may affect how competitive athletes respond to lay-off: negative effects resulting from withdrawal from exercise, and positive effects due to dissipation of fatigue produced by overtraining. Reports the findings of two exploratory studies which investigate the response of competitive athletes to a lay-off from training. In Study 1, competitive runners (n=31) respond to Polivy's Mood Scale and Spielberger et al's (1970) State Anxiety Scale. In Study 2, competitive swimmers (n=20) are tested before, after, and on the second and fifth day of a lay-off. Finds no overall evidence of unpleasant effects of withdrawal from exercise in either study. In both studies, athletes competing at higher levels exhibit more negative moods during lay-off than athletes competing at lower levels, and males exhibit more negative moods than females.
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