Effects of Polarized and Pyramidal Training Combined With or Without Mindfulness in Amateur Runners

NCT06111144 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: TID-Runners-UdeA-JCRunning
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 39
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Road running in athletics has grown worldwide in recent years, which has led to an increase in the number of recreational runners. Despite this growth, research addressing this population is scarce, with major limitations and methodological weaknesses. Two of the topics of recent interest in runners are the effects of training intensity distribution (TID) and mental training using mindfulness on running time, body composition and physiological parameters related to performance in endurance sports; the maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), maximal aerobic speed (MAS) and ventilatory thresholds (VT). The scarce evidence found identifies the TID polarized model as the most effective in sports performance and TID pyramidal model as the most used by elite runners. For mindfulness, it is identified as an emerging program that could contribute to performance in endurance sports.

Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Keywords

Training intensity distribution; Polarized training; Pyramidal training; Amateur long-distance runners

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in 10 km race time

  The time in the 10 km will be taken by two evaluators with independent stopwatches, and the average of them will be taken as the official time. The test will take place in a 1257 m loop, with a positive difference in altitude of 5 m.

  Week 0 and 13

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Change in VO2max

  Week 0 and 13

• Change in ventilatory threshold 1

  Week 0 and 13

• Change in ventilatory threshold 2

  Week 0 and 13

• Change in maximal aerobic speed

  Week 0 and 13

• Change in body weight

  Week 0 and 13

Study Arms (4)

Polarized training Intensity distribution model without mindfulness program

EXPERIMENTAL

The TID of the entire training program will be zone 1 (80%), zone 2 (5%), zone 3 (15%). The periodization of the training will be performed in a 3:1 load-recovery cycle, that is, three weeks of load for one week of recovery, this cycle will be repeated 3 times to complete the 12 weeks. The running sessions will have a volume in the load weeks as follows: The first week a volume of 5 hours, the second week 5.5 hours and the third week 6 hours. In the recovery week the volume will be 4 hours. As for the running technique and strength, these will have a weekly volume of 30 min and 1 hour respectively during all 12 weeks. In summary: 60 running sessions 24 strength sessions 24 running technique sessions

Behavioral: Polarized training intensity distribution (TID) without mindfulness

Pyramidal training Intensity distribution model without mindfulness program

EXPERIMENTAL

The TID of the entire training program will be zone 1 (80%), zone 2 (5%), zone 3 (15%). The periodization of the training will be performed in a 3:1 load-recovery cycle, that is, three weeks of load for one week of recovery, this cycle will be repeated 3 times to complete the 12 weeks. The running sessions will have a volume in the load weeks as follows: The first week a volume of 5 hours, the second week 5.5 hours and the third week 6 hours. In the recovery week the volume will be 4 hours. As for the running technique and strength, these will have a weekly volume of 30 min and 1 hour respectively during all 12 weeks. In summary: 60 running sessions 24 strength sessions 24 running technique sessions

Behavioral: Pyramidal training intensity distribution (TID) without mindfulness

Polarized training Intensity distribution model with mindfulness program

EXPERIMENTAL

The TID of the entire training program will be zone 1 (80%), zone 2 (5%), zone 3 (15%). The periodization of the training will be performed in a 3:1 load-recovery cycle, that is, three weeks of load for one week of recovery, this cycle will be repeated 3 times to complete the 12 weeks. The running sessions will have a volume in the load weeks as follows: The first week a volume of 5 hours, the second week 5.5 hours and the third week 6 hours. In the recovery week the volume will be 4 hours. As for the running technique, strength and mindfulness these will have a weekly volume of 30 min, 1 hour and 65 min respectively during all 12 weeks. The weekly mindfulness practice will be done in 4 different types of sessions: (life-meditation, jogging-meditation, stretching-meditation, running-meditation). In summary: 60 running sessions 60 mindfulness sessions 24 strength sessions 24 running technique sessions

Behavioral: Polarized training intensity distribution (TID) and mental training using mindfulness

Pyramidal training Intensity distribution model with mindfulness program

EXPERIMENTAL

The TID of the entire training program will be zone 1 (80%), zone 2 (15%), zone 3 (5%). The periodization of the training will be performed in a 3:1 load-recovery cycle, that is, three weeks of load for one week of recovery, this cycle will be repeated 3 times to complete the 12 weeks. The running sessions will have a volume in the load weeks as follows: The first week a volume of 5 hours, the second week 5.5 hours and the third week 6 hours. In the recovery week the volume will be 4 hours. As for the running technique, strength and mindfulness these will have a weekly volume of 30 min, 1 hour and 65 min respectively during all 12 weeks. The weekly mindfulness practice will be done in 4 different types of sessions: (life-meditation, jogging-meditation, stretching-meditation, running-meditation). In summary: 60 running sessions 60 mindfulness sessions 24 strength sessions 24 running technique sessions

Behavioral: Pyramidal training intensity distribution (TID) and mental training using mindfulness

Interventions

Polarized training intensity distribution (TID) and mental training using mindfulness BEHAVIORAL

Polarized TID model group with mindfulness program (POL+)

Polarized training Intensity distribution model with mindfulness program

Pyramidal training intensity distribution (TID) and mental training using mindfulness BEHAVIORAL

Pyramidal TID model group with mindfulness program (PYR+)

Pyramidal training Intensity distribution model with mindfulness program

Polarized training intensity distribution (TID) without mindfulness BEHAVIORAL

Polarized TID model group without mindfulness program (POL-)

Polarized training Intensity distribution model without mindfulness program

Pyramidal training intensity distribution (TID) without mindfulness BEHAVIORAL

Pyramidal TID model group without mindfulness program (PYR-).

Pyramidal training Intensity distribution model without mindfulness program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Amateur long-distance runners
• Running time of 10 km in Bogotá, Colombia or similar altitude (2600 m above sea level) for men between 45 and 60 minutes, and for women between 50 and 65 minutes.

You may not qualify if:

• Smokers.
• History of cardiovascular disease.
• Arrhythmias.
• Cardiac insufficiencies.
• Hypertension.
• Musculoskeletal problems that affect their participation in the training program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad de Antioquia: lead

Study Sites (1)

JC Running

Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 26, 2023
• First Posted: November 1, 2023
• Study Start: August 16, 2023
• Primary Completion: November 24, 2023
• Study Completion: December 15, 2023
• Last Updated: October 3, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CO (1)