Affiliation:
1. Laboratory of Physiology and Sport Performance (LAFIDE), Graduate Program in Movement Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Sciences. Bauru, BRAZIL
2. College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, QATAR
3. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
4. Centro Universitário Nossa Senhora do Patrocínio, Itu, BRAZIL
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Purpose
This study examined the impact of a 5-wk sprint interval training (SIT) intervention on time to task failure (TTF) during severe-intensity constant work rate (CWR) exercise, as well as in glycolytic enzymatic content and activity, and glycogen content.
Methods
Fourteen active males were randomized into either a SIT group (n = 8) composed of 15 SIT sessions over 5 wk, or a control group (n = 6). At pretraining period, participants performed i) ramp incremental test to measure the cardiorespiratory function; ii) CWR cycling TTF at 150% of the power output (PO) at the respiratory compensation point (RCP-PO) with muscle biopsies at rest and immediately following task failure. After 5 wk, the same evaluations were repeated (i.e., exercise intensities matched to current training status), and an additional cycling CWR matched to pretraining 150% RCP-PO was performed only for TTF evaluation. The content and enzymatic activity of glycogen phosphorylase (GPhos), hexokinase (HK), phosphofructokinase (PFK), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), as well as the glycogen content, were analyzed. Content of monocarboxylate transporter isoform 4 (MCT4) and muscle buffering capacity were also measured.
Results
Despite improvements in total work performed at CWR posttraining, no differences were observed for TTF. The GPhos, HK, PFK, and LDH content and activity, and glycogen content also improved after training only in the SIT group. Furthermore, the MCT4 concentrations and muscle buffering capacity were also improved only for the SIT group. However, no difference in glycogen depletion was observed between groups and time.
Conclusions
Five weeks of SIT improved the glycolytic pathway parameters and total work performed; however, glycogen depletion was not altered during CWR severe-intensity exercise, and TTF remained similar.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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