Moderate intensity active recovery improves performance in a second wingate test in cyclists

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Background: The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of active (AR) vs. passive recovery (PR) between two Wingate Anaerobic Tests (WAnT) on power output, blood lactate (BLa) and oxygen consumption (VO2) in a second WAnT.

Methods: Twelve well-trained cyclists underwent three experimental sessions. In the first session, they completed an incremental test for maximum oxygen consumption (V O2max) and lactate threshold determination. In the second and third sessions, cyclists completed, in random order, two WAnT tests separated by 30-min recovery intervals, during which they performed an AR at 70% of the V O2 at lactate threshold (V O2LT) or a PR. The cardiorespiratory, metabolic, and mechanical responses in the two recovery conditions were compared.

Results: No differences were found in the VO2-on kinetics between WAnT tests (p > 0.05). As expected, blood lactate kinetics showed a greater clearance (from the 7th to the 31st min, p < 0.001) during AR; however, no differences were found in peak BLa between conditions (p > 0.05). Mean and peak power, and total work were significantly higher in the second WAnT after AR (p < 0.001), while the power decline was also lower in this condition (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: The submaximal active recovery strategy used in the present study can induce an improvement in mechanical power and total work during a second WAnT. This suggests that AR of submaximal intensity can induce a post-activation performance enhancement when used during the recovery phase between maximal anaerobic efforts.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Heliyon - 9(2023), 7 vom: 01. Juli, Seite e18168

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gervasi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Peña, Eneko [VerfasserIn]
Patti, Antonino [VerfasserIn]
Benelli, Piero [VerfasserIn]
Sisti, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Padulo, Johnny [VerfasserIn]
Boullosa, Daniel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Lactate clearance
Oxygen consumption
Post-activation performance enhancement
Power output
Warm-up

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Date Revised 28.07.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18168

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359969321