Effects of a Suspension Training Warm-up on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance

NCT07215052 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: SP2553
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 15
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

this study will compare two warm-up methods before cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in recreationally active young adults. Participants will complete treadmill walking or TRX suspension warm-up, followed by a treadmill exercise test to exhaustion. The investigators to determine whether suspension warm-up produces similar peak oxygen uptake (VO2max) and cardiopulmonary responses as treadmill walking.

Conditions

Exercise Performance

Keywords

cardiorespiratory fitness; exercise physiology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• VO₂peak (mL·kg-¹·min-¹)

  VO₂peak measured during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) following each warm-up condition.

  Immediately following each warm-up condition during two laboratory visits, separated by at least 48 hours

Study Arms (2)

Arm 1: Walking Warm-up (WW)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

6 min treadmill walking at comfortable pace, 0% incline.

Other: Walking Warm-up

Suspension Warm-up (SW)

EXPERIMENTAL

6 min dynamic TRX warm-up (reverse lunges, squats, jump squats, rows, push-ups).

Other: Suspension Training Warm-up

Interventions

Walking Warm-up OTHER

6 minutes treadmill walking at comfortable self-selected pace, 0% incline.

Arm 1: Walking Warm-up (WW)

Suspension Training Warm-up OTHER

6 minutes TRX suspension warm-up (reverse lunges 45s, squats 60s, jump squats 45s, rows 30s, push-ups 30s, with 30s rests).

Suspension Warm-up (SW)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 19 to 25 years
• Engages in ≥5 hours per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (classified as "high activity" based on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire \[ICIQ\])
• Able to pass the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+) screening

You may not qualify if:

• Participates in \<5 hours per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
• Contraindications to maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing or suspension training
• Presence of any medical condition that may interfere with safe test participation or data interpretation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tamara Rial-Faigenabum: lead

Study Sites (1)

Monmouth University Graduate Center Room 222

West Long Branch, New Jersey, 07764, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: open label
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator, Coordinator Human Performance Lab and Specialist Professor Monmouth Unversity

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 8, 2025
• First Posted: October 10, 2025
• Study Start: October 15, 2025
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Last Updated: October 15, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)