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Effects of prior warm-up regime on severe-intensity cycling performance.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15870639     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of three different warm-up regimes on cycling work output during a 7-min performance trial. METHODS: After habituation to the experimental methods, 12 well-trained cyclists completed a series of 7-min performance trials, involving 2 min of constant-work rate exercise at approximately 90% VO2max and a further 5 min during which subjects attempted to maximize power output. This trial was performed without prior intervention and 10 min after bouts of moderate, heavy, or sprint exercise in a random order. Pulmonary gas exchange was measured breath by breath during all performance trials. RESULTS: At the onset of the performance trial, baseline blood [lactate] was significantly elevated after heavy and sprint but not moderate exercise (mean +/- SD: control, 1.0 +/- 0.3 mM; moderate, 1.0 +/- 0.2 mM; heavy, 3.0 +/- 1.1 mM; sprint, 5.9 +/- 1.5 mM). All three interventions significantly increased the amplitude of the primary VO2 response (control, 2.59 +/- 0.28 L x min(-1); moderate, 2.69 +/- 0.27 L x min(-1); heavy, 2.78 +/- 0.26 L x min(-1); sprint, 2.78 +/- 0.30 L x min(-1)). Mean power output was significantly increased by prior moderate and heavy exercise but not significantly reduced after sprint exercise (control, 330 +/- 42 W; moderate, 338 +/- 39 W; heavy, 339 +/- 42 W; sprint, 324 +/- 45 W).Conclusions: These data indicate that priming exercise performed in the moderate- and heavy-intensity domains can improve severe-intensity cycling performance by ~2-3%, the latter condition doing so despite a mild lactacidosis being present at exercise onset.
Authors:
Mark Burnley; Jonathan H Doust; Andrew M Jones
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medicine and science in sports and exercise     Volume:  37     ISSN:  0195-9131     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Sci Sports Exerc     Publication Date:  2005 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-05-04     Completed Date:  2005-09-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8005433     Medline TA:  Med Sci Sports Exerc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  838-45     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
Affiliation:
Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom. mhb@aber.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Exercise Test*
Humans
Lactic Acid / blood
Muscle, Skeletal / physiology
Oxygen Consumption / physiology
Physical Education and Training / methods*
Pulmonary Gas Exchange / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
50-21-5/Lactic Acid

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