Affiliation:
1. Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini 69132, Greece
2. Department of Physical Education & Sport Science – Serres, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Agios Ioannis, Serres 62110, Greece
Abstract
The intensity of the training stimulus and the effort exerted (regarded as an index of internal load) to complete an exercise session are driving forces for physiological processes and long-term training adaptations. This study compared the aerobic adaptations following two iso-effort, ratings of perceived exertion (RPE)-based training programs, an intense continuous (CON) and a high-intensity interval (INT). Young adults were assigned to a CON ( n = 11) or an INT ( n = 13) training group to perform 14 training sessions within 6 weeks. The INT group performed running bouts (9.3 ± 4.4 repetitions) at 90% of peak treadmill velocity (PTV) with bout duration equal to 1/4 of time to exhaustion at this speed (134.2 ± 27.9 s). The CONT group ran (1185.0 ± 487.6 s) at a speed corresponding to −2.5% of critical velocity (CV; 80.1% ± 3.0% of PTV). Training-sessions were executed until RPE attained 17 on the Borg scale. VO2max, PTV, CV, lactate threshold velocity (vLT), and running economy were assessed pre-, mid-, and post-training. Both CONT and INT methods increased ( p < 0.05) VO2max (INT: 57.7 ± 8.1–61.41 ± 9.2; CONT: 58.1 ± 7.5–61.1 ± 6.3 mL kg−1 min−1), PTV (INT: 14.6 ± 1.8–15.7 ± 2.1; CONT: 15.0 ± 1.7–15.7 ± 1.8 km h−1), CV (INT: 11.8 ± 1.4–12.8 ± 1.8; CONT: 12.2 ± 1.6–12.9 ± 1.7 km h−1), and vLT (INT: 9.77 ± 1.1–10.8 ± 1.4; CONT: 10.4 ± 1.4–11.0 ± 1.8 km h−1) with no differences ( p > 0.05) between them; running economy remained unchanged. The continuous training method, when matched for effort and executed at relatively high intensity at the upper boundaries of the heavy-intensity domain (∼80% of PTV), confers comparable aerobic adaptations to those attained after a high-intensity interval protocol following a short-term training period.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Physiology (medical),Nutrition and Dietetics,Physiology,General Medicine,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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