Key result
Intermittent cycling with heavy, moderate, and light recovery intensities increased tolerable exercise duration by 47%, 100%, and 219% compared to constant severe-intensity cycling (P<0.05).
Why the study?
Does varying recovery intensity during intermittent high-intensity cycling affect exercise tolerance in male subjects?
Population
n=7 male subjects
Comparison
Four intermittent cycle tests to exhaustion… vs Severe-intensity constant-work-rate cycle test…
Design
Other, randomized order
Authors
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Recovery below critical power may extend intermittent exercise tolerance in healthy males; hypothesis-generating for training or rehab protocols.
RCT (n=7)
Randomized order
Does varying recovery intensity during intermittent high-intensity cycling affect exercise tolerance in male subjects?
Effect estimate: 47%, 100%, and 219% increase
p-value: p=<0.05
Performing recovery intervals below critical power during intermittent exercise improves exercise tolerance in proportion to the reconstitution of finite work capacity.
Chidnok et al. (2011) reported an RCT. Intermittent cycling with different recovery intensities vs. Severe-intensity constant-work-rate (S-CWR) was evaluated on Tolerable duration of exercise (47%, 100%, and 219% increase, p=<0.05). Intermittent cycling with heavy, moderate, and light recovery intensities increased tolerable exercise duration by 47%, 100%, and 219% compared to constant severe-intensity cycling (P<0.05).
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