The Effects of High vs. Low Time Spent Near VO2max During Two Work-matched High Intensity Interval Training.

NCT05742542 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: VO2maxtrainingUDESantaCatarina
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 15
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) is used to define cardiorespiratory fitness, which is important to health and sport performance in humans. Although different types of training can improve VO2max, the high intensity interval training is recognized as one of the best ways to do it. Furthermore, it has long been speculated that high intensity interval training that elicits a high time spent near VO2max could be the best way to improve VO2max. However, this theory has not been verified. Thus, the investigators performed a randomized controlled trial with crossover in healthy individuals who underwent two high intensity interval training protocols of two weeks, being a workout with longer and other with shorter time spent near VO2max.

Conditions

VO2max

Keywords

VO2max; Exercise; Aerobic; Performance; Training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Maximal oxygen uptake

  The highest 15 seconds VO2 average determined from rolling averages of 5 seconds samples measured during incremental test or confirmation test of VO2max.

  Change at Maximal oxygen uptake after two weeks

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Lactate threshold

  Change at Lactate threshold after two weeks

• Muscle oxidative capacity

  Change at Muscle oxidative capacity after two weeks

• Pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics

  Change at Pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics after two weeks

• Power output achieved at the end of incremental test

  Change at Power output achieved at the end of incremental test after two weeks

• Wingate anaerobic test

  Change at Wingate anaerobic test after two weeks

Other Outcomes (5)

• Session-rating of perceived exertion

  First to the last day of test or training, an average of 4 weeks

• Perceived Recovery Status Scale

  First to the last day of test or training, an average of 4 weeks

• Heart rate

  First to the last day of test or training, an average of 4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

High intensity interval training with high time spent near VO2max

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants performed high intensity interval training with high time spent near VO2max three times a week for two weeks. All training sessions consisted of five times 2 minutes of work and 1 minute of passive recovery. The work intensity was adjusted at 85% and 87% of power output achieved at the end of incremental test for the first and second week, respectively. The training sessions were performed using cycle ergometer. Findings were compared to high intensity interval training with low time spent near VO2max, which followed the same exercise frequency, intensity and total duration.

Other: Exercise training

High intensity interval training with low time spent near VO2max

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants performed high intensity interval training with low time spent near VO2max three times a week for two weeks. All training sessions consisted of ten times 1 minutes of work and 30 seconds of passive recovery. The work intensity was adjusted at 85% and 87% of power output achieved at the end of incremental test for the first and second week, respectively. The training sessions were performed using cycle ergometer. Findings were compared to high intensity interval training with high time spent near VO2max, which followed the same exercise frequency, intensity and total duration.

Other: Exercise training

Interventions

Exercise training OTHER

Two weeks of high intensity interval training with high or low time spent near VO2max.

High intensity interval training with high time spent near VO2max; High intensity interval training with low time spent near VO2max

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Male ≥ 18 years;
• No known musculoskeletal disorders;
• Apparently healthy
• Physically active according to American College of Sports Medicine standards and recommendations (Garber et al., 2011; RIEBE et al., 2015).

You may not qualify if:

• Taking any medication that could affect aerobic parameters;
• Smokers;
• Involved in an aerobic training program at the start of the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of the State of Santa Catarina: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of the State of Santa Catarina

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88080-350, Brazil

Location

Related Publications (8)

• Buchheit M, Laursen PB. High-intensity interval training, solutions to the programming puzzle: Part I: cardiopulmonary emphasis. Sports Med. 2013 May;43(5):313-38. doi: 10.1007/s40279-013-0029-x.

  PMID: 23539308 BACKGROUND

• Laursen PB, Jenkins DG. The scientific basis for high-intensity interval training: optimising training programmes and maximising performance in highly trained endurance athletes. Sports Med. 2002;32(1):53-73. doi: 10.2165/00007256-200232010-00003.

  PMID: 11772161 BACKGROUND

• Lisboa FD, Raimundo JAG, Salvador AF, Pereira KL, Turnes T, Diefenthaeler F, Oliveira MFM, Caputo F. Acute Cardiopulmonary, Metabolic, and Neuromuscular Responses to Severe-Intensity Intermittent Exercises. J Strength Cond Res. 2019 Feb;33(2):408-416. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002130.

  PMID: 28704307 BACKGROUND

• Lisboa FD, Salvador AF, Raimundo JA, Pereira KL, de Aguiar RA, Caputo F. Decreasing Power Output Increases Aerobic Contribution During Low-Volume Severe-Intensity Intermittent Exercise. J Strength Cond Res. 2015 Sep;29(9):2434-40. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000000914.

  PMID: 26308828 BACKGROUND

• Midgley AW, Mc Naughton LR. Time at or near VO2max during continuous and intermittent running. A review with special reference to considerations for the optimisation of training protocols to elicit the longest time at or near VO2max. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2006 Mar;46(1):1-14.

  PMID: 16596093 BACKGROUND

• Midgley AW, Mc Naughton LR, Wilkinson M. Criteria and other methodological considerations in the evaluation of time at V.O2max. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2006 Jun;46(2):183-8.

  PMID: 16823345 BACKGROUND

• Raimundo JAG, Turnes T, de Aguiar RA, Lisboa FD, Loch T, Ribeiro G, Caputo F. The Severe Exercise Domain Amplitude: A Comparison Between Endurance Runners and Cyclists. Res Q Exerc Sport. 2019 Mar;90(1):3-13. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2018.1549356. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

  PMID: 30653425 BACKGROUND

• Turnes T, de Aguiar RA, Cruz RS, Caputo F. Interval training in the boundaries of severe domain: effects on aerobic parameters. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2016 Jan;116(1):161-9. doi: 10.1007/s00421-015-3263-0. Epub 2015 Sep 15.

  PMID: 26373721 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• João G Raimundo, PhD

  Member of Human Performance Research Group

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Member of Human Performance Research Group

Model Details: The order of training protocols was randomized and the training programs had a washout period of at least one month.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 3, 2023
• First Posted: February 24, 2023
• Study Start: July 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: December 15, 2021
• Study Completion: December 15, 2021
• Last Updated: February 24, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-02

Locations

BR (1)