Key result
One year of intensive endurance training increases VO2max ~21% and drives elite athlete-like cardiac remodeling.
Why the study?
Does 1 year of intensive endurance training induce cardiac remodeling similar to elite endurance athletes in previously sedentary healthy young adults?
Population
12 previously sedentary healthy adults, mean age 29±6 years, with no significant chronic medical problems…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 months
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May induce initial concentric LV remodeling in new exercisers; challenges eccentric-only consensus and leaves open long-term durability.
Does 1 year of intensive endurance training induce cardiac remodeling similar to elite endurance athletes in previously sedentary healthy young adults?
One year of intensive endurance training in sedentary adults induces significant cardiac morphological adaptations (increased ventricular mass and volume) similar to elite athletes, though with initial concentric LV remodeling.
Arbab‐Zadeh et al. (2014) studied this question. One year of intensive endurance training increased maximum oxygen uptake from 40.3 to 48.7 mL/kg/min and resulted in cardiac remodeling similar to elite athletes.
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