Effects of Including Sprints During Low-intensity Cycling Exercises on Performance and Muscle/Blood Characteristics

NCT ID: NCT04640883

Last Updated: 2020-11-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

18 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-10-23

Study Completion Date

2017-12-23

Brief Summary

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To investigate the effects of Including 30-s sprints during low-intensity cycling exercises during a training camp on performance and muscle/blood characterisitcs in elite cyclists

Detailed Description

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Inclusion of sprint intervals during low-intensity training (LIT) sessions has been suggested as a potential mean to improve endurance performance in elite cyclists, facilitated by muscular or systemic physiological adaptations. So far, the effects of such training has been studied exclusively in context of short-lasting low-intensity sessions, representing a scenario with suboptimal ecological validity for such highly trained athetes.

This study will investigate the effects of including sprints during prolonged LIT-sessions sessions during a 14-day training camp focusing on LIT, followed by 10 days recovery (REC), on performance and performance-related measures in elite cyclists. During the training camp, a sprint training group will conduct 12x30-s maximal sprints during five LIT sessions, whereas a control group will perform distance-matched LIT-only. Overall, the training camp will lead to substantial increases in training load compared to habitual training in both intervention groups, followed by subsequent reductions during REC. Performance tests will be conducted before the training camp (T0) and after REC (T2). Muscle biopsies, hematological measures and stress/recovery questionnaires will be collected Pre (T0) and after the camp (T1).

The study was pre-registered at Norwegian Center for Research Data (14/08/2017, Norwegian): http://pvo.nsd.no/prosjekt/55322

Conditions

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Healthy Cyclists

Keywords

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Sprint Low-intensity cycling Skeletal muscle Endurance performance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Investigating the effects of including sprints during low-intensity training sessions during a 14-d training camp with increased training load on performance and muscle/blood biology
Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Sprints during low-intensity cycling

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Inclusion of sprints during low-intensity cycling during a 14-day training camp (high training load)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Inclusion of 12x30-s maximal sprints during five low-intensity cycling sessions with long duration (\>fours hours per session). Five sessions will be performed as low-intensity cycling-only (Controll sessions, distance matched). All other sessions will be performed as low-intensity sessions and adjusted according to each participants training load goal to reach an increase of \~50% in load compared to habitual training.

Recovery for 10 days (low training load)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Habitual low-intensity cycling (\>0.5-2 hours per session)

Low-intensity cycling

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Low-intensity cycling during a 14-day training camp (high training load)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Five low-intensity cycling sessions (\>four hours per session), distance-matched to sprint group.

Recovery for 10 days (low training load)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Habitual low-intensity cycling (\>0.5-2 hours per session)

Interventions

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Inclusion of sprints during low-intensity cycling during a 14-day training camp (high training load)

Inclusion of 12x30-s maximal sprints during five low-intensity cycling sessions with long duration (\>fours hours per session). Five sessions will be performed as low-intensity cycling-only (Controll sessions, distance matched). All other sessions will be performed as low-intensity sessions and adjusted according to each participants training load goal to reach an increase of \~50% in load compared to habitual training.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Low-intensity cycling during a 14-day training camp (high training load)

Five low-intensity cycling sessions (\>four hours per session), distance-matched to sprint group.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Recovery for 10 days (low training load)

Habitual low-intensity cycling (\>0.5-2 hours per session)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* VO2max \> 65ml/kg/min

Exclusion Criteria

* VO2max \< 65ml/kg/min
* Average endurance training per week \>10hrs/wk during the four weeks leading up to the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Anne S Lofthus

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Research Administrator

Locations

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Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

Lillehammer, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

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Other Identifiers

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Trainome 2017#011

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