What question did this study set out to answer?

This study aims to investigate how anaerobic threshold changes with endurance training and subsequent detraining.

January 1, 1982Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Alterations in anaerobic threshold as the result of endurance training and detraining

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Why the study?

Does endurance training and subsequent detraining alter the anaerobic threshold in young males?

Population

21 males, mean age 25 years

Comparison

Endurance training on a cycle ergometer at 80%… vs Baseline (pre-training) values

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

18 weeks (9 weeks training, 9 weeks detraining)

Authors

ARA. ELIZABETH READYResearch Manitoba HQH. ARTHUR QUINNEYUniversity of Alberta

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Implication

Anaerobic threshold gains from endurance training may reverse within 6 weeks of detraining; leaves open optimal maintenance protocols for sustained adaptations.

Key Points

This study aims to investigate how anaerobic threshold changes with endurance training and subsequent detraining.
21 males (mean age 25 yr) participated in a cycle ergometer training program at 80% VO2max for 30 min, four times a week for 9 weeks.
Maximal and submaximal metabolic variables were measured every 3 weeks using a step-wise cycle ergometer test.
Detraining phase lasting 9 weeks followed the training period.
Significant increase in anaerobic threshold (AT) as VO2 (l . min-1) by 70.4% after training, with a non-significant increase of 19.4% in percent of VO2max.
Significant losses in anaerobic threshold were observed after 6 and 9 weeks of detraining.
Training gains in anaerobic threshold diminish rapidly, resembling changes in VO2max.

Structured PICO

Does endurance training and subsequent detraining alter the anaerobic threshold in young males?

Population

21 males, mean age 25 years

Intervention

Endurance training on a cycle ergometer at 80% of maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) for 30 min four times per week for 9 weeks, followed by 9 weeks of detraining

Comparator

Baseline (pre-training) values

Outcome

Anaerobic threshold (AT) and maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max)surrogate

Endurance training significantly increases the anaerobic threshold, but these metabolic gains are rapidly lost upon detraining.

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READY et al. (1982) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f233d6ceb2bbd16df9dbc https://doi.org/10.1249/00005768-198204000-00007

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Anaerobic threshold gains from endurance training may reverse within 6 weeks of detraining; leaves open optimal maintenance protocols for sustained adaptations.

Alterations in anaerobic threshold as the result of endurance training and detraining

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