Heart Rate Acquisition and Threshold-Based Training Increases Oxygen Uptake at Metabolic Threshold in Triathletes: A Pilot Study
Exercise intensity is a critical component of the exercise prescription model. However, current research employing various non-specific exercise intensity protocols have reported wide variability in maximum oxygen uptake (VO ) improvement after training, suggesting a present lack of consensus regard...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of exercise science 2019, Vol.12 (2), p.144-154 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Exercise intensity is a critical component of the exercise prescription model. However, current research employing various non-specific exercise intensity protocols have reported wide variability in maximum oxygen uptake (VO
) improvement after training, suggesting a present lack of consensus regarding optimal heart rate (f
) training zones for maximal athletic performance. This study examined the relationship between percentage of time (%time) spent training between the metabolic (VO
θ) and ventilatory thresholds (V
θ), and the resultant change in markers of aerobic performance. Thirteen (6 males) collegiate club-level triathletes were recruited for eight weeks of remote f
monitoring during all running and cycling sessions. Participants donned a forearm-worn optical f
sensor paired to a smartphone that collected and stored f
s. Subjects were categorized into Low and High groups based on %time spent training between the VO
θ and V
θ. Significant increases were observed in relative VO
(
= 0.007, g = 0.48), VO
θ (
= 0.018, g = 0.35), and V
θ (
= 0.030, g = 0.29) from baseline after eight weeks for both groups. A 95% bootstrapped confidence interval that did not include zero (-0.38, -0.03; g = 1.26) revealed a large and significantly greater change in VO
θ in the High group (0.37 ± 0.15 L/min) versus the Low group (0.17 ± 0.14 L/min). No significant differences were observed in other variables between groups. Increasing triathletes' %time spent exercising between VO
θ and V
θ may optimize increases in VO
θ after eight weeks of training. |
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ISSN: | 1939-795X 1939-795X |
DOI: | 10.70252/HNHZ4958 |