Does postexercise blood flow restriction combined with sprint interval training improve critical power, capillary growth, and mitochondrial proteins in trained cyclists?
In trained cyclists, adding postexercise blood flow restriction to 4 weeks of sprint interval training does not further improve critical power, capillary growth, or mitochondrial proteins, but does enhance maximal oxygen uptake.
in trained individuals. NEW however, postexercise blood flow restriction (BFR) did not enhance this further. SIT, with or without BFR, did not induce any changes in skeletal muscle capillarity or mitochondrial protein content in our trained population. We do, however, confirm previous findings that SIT combined with BFR is a potent stimulus to enhance maximal oxygen uptake.
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