Effects of Short Duration High-intensity Interval Training on Peak Oxygen Consumption
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Fitness
- Interventions
- Other: 4-s sprint inertial load training
- Registration Number
- NCT04656509
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
- Brief Summary
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is an effective tool to improve cardiovascular fitness and maximal anaerobic power. Different methods of HIIT have been studied but the effect of a maximal effort cycling and very short exercise time (i.e., 4-s) with short recovery time (15-30 s) and a high number of repetitions (i.e., 30 bouts) is unknown.
- Detailed Description
The investigators examined the effects of training at maximal anaerobic power during cycling (PC) on maximal anaerobic power, peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak), and total blood volume in 11 young healthy individuals (age: 21.3±0.5 y) (6 men, 5 women). Methods: Participants trained three times a week for eight weeks performing a PC program consisting of 30 bouts of 4-s at an all-out intensity (i.e., 2 minutes of exercise per session). The cardiovascular stress progressively increased over the weeks by decreasing the recovery time between sprints (30 to 24 to 15-s) and thus session time decreased from 17 to \< 10 min.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 11
Young (18-30), Healthy, Recreationally active, but untrained (not meeting ACSM's recommendations of 150 min/week of moderate-vigorous aerobic exercise) -
Cardiovascular disease Smoking Subjects who were exercising regularly (>75 min/week) were excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 4-s sprint inertial load training 4-s sprint inertial load training Participants trained three times a week for eight weeks following the training program consisting of 30 bouts of 4s all-out cycling on an inertial-load ergometer with progressively decreasing recovery time (30 to 24 to 15s).
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cardiovascular changes Pre and post training (8 weeks) Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) is an indicator of health and fitness. The investigators measured VO2max with a graded exercise using electronically braked cycling ergometer.
Blood volume changes Pre and post training (8 weeks) Hematological variables can effect the performance of the people. The investigators measured total blood volume, red blood cell volume, and plasma volume before and after training.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Performance changes Pre and post training (8 weeks) Study participants trained at maximal anaerobic power for 4-s. Therefore, the investigators measured maximal anaerobic power with different testing methods.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, the University of Texas at Austin
🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States