As we push their bodies to the max

真のオリンピアンになる 秘訣を伺います

When we look at Sprint swimmers what we're looking for is a very high

そう　その調子！

anaerobic capacity an ability to cope with high intensity exercise add on top of that with swimming though swimming is

身体の限界に挑戦します

incredibly technical

スプリントスイマーを見ると

When you're not technically proficient you are uncanonical so it's marrying together the anaerobic capacity

非常に高い有酸素容量

The strength and the power with optimal technique

厳しい練習を思い浮かべます

At the Olympic Games Rio 2016 19 year-old abbe Weitzel won

その他に スイミングは

gold for the USA in the 4 by 100 meter medley relay and a silver in the 4 by 100 meter freestyle relay

テクニックが必要です

Swimming the fastest split in her team

技術的な能力がなければ

We've brought Abby to the prestigious st.

無駄が多くなります

Mary's University in London a world leading sport science facility which counts Sir Mo Farah

有酸素容量と

four-time Olympic gold medalist among its former students

強さ　パワーと テクニックの組み合わせです

I believe I have an actual talent for swimming that I was born with and I believe that I was meant to swim

アビー・ワイツェル

Just because I have a great feel for the water

２０１６年リオ オリンピックで

Abby is one of the most powerful swimmers in the world

１９歳のアビーワイツェルは １００ｍのリレーで

But our team of scientists are going to take her out of her comfort zone in the pool to truly test the anatomy that lies

米国に金メダルを もたらしました

behind the Olympic medals and record times of one of Team USA's star performers

４X１００ｍ自由型リレーで 銀メダル

the typical body shape of a sprint swimmer is tall and long because

チームでも最速の スイマーです

Speed in swimming is about stroke rate times by stroke length combine that with high strength and high power output

今回はアビーを

And that will increase the speed of arm turnover

ロンドンの聖マリ―大学

we're analyzing Abby's body composition her relative muscularity and fat percentage as

世界をリードするスポーツ 科学施設に招待しました

Well is taking a series of measurements across her whole form training and technique are vital ingredients for any Olympic level athlete

４度のオリンピック 金メダリストの

But having the right Samantha type or physical characteristics is the key foundation to build on from medal success

サーモファラは

Looking at your height and also your limb length. We can see that you're probably most suited to sprint distance sport

この施設の卒業生です

I actually have a short torso and very long limbs

水泳の才能があるって 思ったのは

compared to other swimmers who mostly have longer torsos and

多分生まれ持っての才能

Shorter limbs that kind of backs up what we found with our results there

それに泳ぐために 生まれてきたと思ったのは

It gives you that mechanical advantage in the fall which is reaching for that finish line

水の中にいると すごく気分がいいからなの

Extra advantage one interesting factor that we see is when we're measuring the leavers

アビーは世界で

Particularly the arms because what we know is that the long arms?

最強のスイマーの一人です

Create long stroke lengths and stroke length is a key determinant of sprint speed performance, and if we look at Abby Abby has got

我々の科学者チームは

Exceptionally long arms and those long arms allow her to create a long stroke length allow it to create speed

彼女を快適ゾーンから 引き離して

As we expect the upper body is crucial to swimming performance because it's the area where the greatest amount of propulsive force is generated

オリンピックメダルの

So this test will give us a good indication to Abbas upper body power output

裏に隠された秘密を探ります

you have the ball against your chest and you're gonna throw it as explosively as possible and this gives us an idea of your

チームUSAのスター スイマーの記録に臨みます

Upper body power so I imagine this would be quite relevant to you as a swimmer

スプリントスイマーの 標準的な体型は

Yes, definitely upper body strength especially for the pole and freestyle and any stroke actually so we work on that a lot

背が高い スピードが命ですから

Okay, well in that case would expect you to

ストロークレートと距離

Freestyle or the front crawl stroke and swimming puts nearly 50 different muscle groups to work

強さと

But it's the upper body, which is the real powerhouse?

パワーの出力と

Providing two-thirds of the propulsive energy in every stroke compared to the leg muscles

腕の動きのスピードの 組み合わせです

Can be as powerful as you can release their ball and try and get the most distance you can't the seated medicine ball

アビーの全身構造を 分析します

Throw has been one of the standard assessment tests for all new draft ease to the major professional sports leagues in the u.s.

比較的筋肉質で 体脂肪は

Like the NHL this test just like front crawl swim itself pushes the scapular stabilizers

全体のフォームで

Pectorals wrist flexors and triceps the same muscle groups that Abby utilizes in every energy-sapping stroke in the pool

連続して測定します

They are be last one so keep your back against the seat pad and then just throw it as far as you can

トレーニングとテクニックが

That was close to your first one. Yeah, exactly the same, so you mean called your best good work

オリンピック級アスリートに 欠かせない要素ですが

Abbie's performance in the test rivals that of many elite female athletes from basketball and volleyball

ぴったりの体格や

And her ability to unleash enormous explosive power is a key factor in her swimming success

体型の特徴が

Abby was able to propel the six kilogram mass over four meters

メダル獲得に つながるのでしょうか

Which really does demonstrate the huge power output that she has in her upper body I do believe that my physical

身長と手足の長さを見ると

skills do come with the upper body that is

スプリントスイマーに

But I've always been better at

最適な体型です

The lung function test is a really important test for all athletes

胴が短くて 手足が長いんです

But particularly for Sprint swimmers because what it's going to tell us is the size of Abby's lungs

他のスイマーは 胴が長くて

now critically the larger the lung the greater the surface area to up to take oxygen and

手足が短い選手が多いです

Importantly for a sprint based athlete is to get rid of carbon dioxide

我々のテスト結果でも わかることです

In a 100-meter freestyle relay Lake a swimmer against forty percent of their energy needs from the aerobic system almost ten times

プールでの構造的な メリットになります

the amount that attracts printer uses in a four by 100 relay

フィニッシュラインに 達するのにね

So Farabi a powerful efficient lung function is a vital weapon in her anatomies armories

それはプラスのメリットです

How we keep going keep going keep going keep going empty the lungs as much as you can good same again

興味深いのは

Good keep going keep going keep going push push push push push push push until you've got Noella good

レバーを測ると 特に腕のレバー

Ok I'll be these are your results from the test you just did and for example your forced vital capacity

腕が長いので

That's the amount of air that you can expel that is a hundred and thirty percent of

長いストローク 距離ができます

Predicted these are indicative of an elite level athlete and some of the highest results. I've recorded

ストロークの長さが スプリントスイマーに

Thank you the lung function test results for a B really are exceptional and it's the forced vital capacity

重要な要素です

That we're taking a look at and that figure is five point seven four liters

アビーを見ると ものすごく腕が長い

And that is one hundred and thirty percent of what we expect to see for someone of her size and her gender

長い腕で

In other words thirty percent bigger than normal

長いストローク距離ができ スピードが上がります

truly massive

パワー

I

水泳には上半身が重要で

Started swimming because of my sister she swam in high school, and so I started swimming I didn't start swimming competitively

推進力を上げるために

Until I was about 13, I still say I'm complete rookie in the sport like gaining my experience, but I'm there's so much to learn

重要な体のパーツだからです

Rio was an amazing experience?

このテストで アビーの

The United States of America I remember walking out for my first race which was the relay on night 1 my first

上半身のパワー出力が わかります

Olympic race was an Olympic final. It was pretty crazy

胸にボールを押し付けて

But I didn't let that affect me as much because I wasn't nervous at all which was really weird to me

全力で投げてください

But it was just so surreal

これで上半身の

You have the crowd the rest our team in the stands

パワーがわかります

And it's just like the vibe that you get when you walk out, and it's just like I'm here like this. It's just awesome

スイマーとして あなたのスポーツに

The Scot jump test the reaction time test and the counter movement loaded jump test a

関連していると思いますか

Critical measures of power output, which is crucial to the start in Sprint swimming?

もちろん 上半身の強さに関連してる

Abi's ability to respond to the starting signal as quickly as possible is

特にフリースタイルには そうね

Absolutely fundamental to the outcome for Sprint swimmers just like they're on track

ストロークのすべてにね

counterparts the fast twitch fibers of the lower body muscle groups really come into their own in the start sequence and a fast and explosive

いつも練習してるわ

Getaway can be the difference between an Olympic medal or just missing out

なるほど

So we're trying to assess how explosive you are off the block and also trying to gauge your reaction time

高いスコアを期待します

So is that something that you know you work on yes, we work on it a lot

プレッシャーかけないでね

And I've gotten a lot better at it, so I feel like I'm I'm pretty decent at it. Okay. Well. We'll see how you go

わかりました 結果をを楽しみにしましょう

To assess a B start speed

フリースタイルやクロールは

We are measuring her movement times the gap between the starting beat and the moment resistance is applied to the force plate

５０の異なる筋肉を 使いますが

In sprint swimming the starting sequence also consists of two further phases the flight time or initial entry into the water and the

上半身はパワー源です

subsequent underwater stroke both these phases demand the generation a huge explosive power

ストロークごとに 推進力の３分の２が必要で

By measuring the force a B applies to the specially calibrated

足の筋肉と比べると パワーを要します

floor plate while bearing a loaded weight across our shoulders

アビー　全力を出し切って ボールを投げます

We can also assess the energy she can transfer from the starting blocks into that vital initial entry into the water

できるだけ遠くに 投げてください

The standouts are really the reaction time and in particular the movement time

着席したままで ボールを投げるテストは

Which is actually faster than any other elite female swimmer ever measured, I mean truly incredible

ドラフト対象者の 標準的な

Demonstrating that she can produce power very very rapidly the force velocity

評価テストになっています

Relationship, which is effectively how quickly a B can produce force and tell us that she is incredibly rapid and that?

米国のメジャーリーグ

Really tells us why she has got a great sprint start you want to get out in front

NHLなどのリーグの ドラフトに使われます

As fast as possible the hundredths of a second is literally

このテストは クロールテストそのものです

What wins race your reaction time your explosiveness off the block which is what I've worked on my starts gotten so much better

肩甲骨を押して

There's the entry there's the angle there's everything and the starts super important

手首と三頭筋を使います

For someone like Abby who is a sprint swimmer she is an anaerobic

アビーがプールで ストロークするときに

athlete nonetheless

エネルギーを使うのと 同じ筋肉を使います

Aerobic capacity is still important to support that Sprint swimming

アビー　最後のスロー 背もたれに背中をつけて

and it's also very very important in training so that she can enhance her recovery of

できるだけ遠くに 投げて下さい

Multiple sprint set as the Spiro test has already shown us Abbey's lung function is way above the typical female of her age group

１投目に近いです

But the vo2 max remains the ultimate test of an athlete's respiratory system and will take Abby to a level of exhaustion

全く同じです

she has never experienced before and

いい調子です

We're just gonna hold on to that rate, that's perfect great work. I've been doing really well keep the stroke long

このテストの結果は

Excellent work keep pushing yourself

バスケットボールと バレーボールの

In a 50 meter freestyle swim only 4% of energy needs are met by aerobic processes

女子アスリートと 同じく

But in the 100 meter event it is 10 times that figure at over 40%. Let's go now good keep pushing

パワーを放つ能力は

So Abby's relay performance requires her to take in as much oxygen as possible

水泳でも重要な要素です

And deliver it to her muscles as quickly and efficiently as she can final 10. Let's go

アビーは６キロのボールを

Let's get into the 140s come on push keep going keep going keep going last few strokes keep pushing keep pushing

４メートル投げたのは

Good good good

すごい上半身のパワー出力で

excellent work brilliant effort

私の体力は 上半身から

Abby's four minutes of maximal effort on the rowing ergometer produced a vo2 peak of 48 milliliters per kilogram per minute

きてると思います

Putting her on the same level as an Olympic 100-meter track sprinter, but with one important difference

いつも上半身が 強かったんです

When tae-hee look at Eva's vo2 max test results one thing we do have to take into account is the fact she performed it on

肺機能テスト

A rowing odometer so what we'd expect to see is a higher vo2 max if we measured it in the pool for example

すべてのアスリートに 重要なテストですが

Because it's much more specific, but for a sprint based and the aerobic swimmer

特にスプリント スイマーには重要です

Aerobic capacity is good which will support her sprint swimming and critically support her in training

アビーの肺のサイズが

I believe that endurance you build on land as well

いかに影響するかです

Translate into just being a better athlete which translates into moving through the water better and just being comfortable in the water

肺のサイズが 大きければ大きいだけ

Abby has shown that to be an Olympic gold medal-winning sprint swimmer

表面エリアで

It's not enough just to have a perfect body shape you need a combination of lightning fast reactions

酸素を取り込めます

explosive power that can be deployed instantaneously and huge upper-body strength all underpinned with a

スプリントベースの アスリートにとって

Determination to push your body to the maximum. Let's go again Abby is one of the best sprint swimmers in the world

二酸化炭素を 排出することが重要です

She is a power based

１００ｍの自由型リレーでは

anaerobic athlete and the test results really bear that out if we take a look at

スイマーは必要な エネルギーの４０％を

Reaction time we take a look at movement time

有酸素系から取り込みます

They truly are exceptional higher than we've ever measured in an elite swimmer

陸上選手が１００ｍリレーで 消耗するエネルギーの１０倍

And it's the combination of these factors, which make a baby one of the fastest sprint swimmers and an Olympic gold medalist

アビーにとって パワフルで効果的な肺機能が

I love Therese and I

重要な武器になります

The rush you get during a race at the end of the race and just to see what you can do

３　２　１

I love seeing what I'm able to do

いいよアビー その調子