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  • Title: The Effects of a Cycling Warm-up Including High-Intensity Heavy-Resistance Conditioning Contractions on Subsequent 4-km Time Trial Performance.
    Author: Chorley A, Lamb KL.
    Journal: J Strength Cond Res; 2019 Jan; 33(1):57-65. PubMed ID: 28368959.
    Abstract:
    Chorley, A and Lamb, KL. The effects of a cycling warm-up including high-intensity heavy-resistance conditioning contractions on subsequent 4-km time trial performance. J Strength Cond Res 33(1): 57-65, 2019-Previous exercise has been shown to improve subsequent performance through different mechanisms. Sport-specific conditioning contractions can be used to exploit the "post-activation potentiation" (PAP) phenomenon to enhance performance although this has rarely been investigated in short endurance events. The aim of this study was to compare a cycling warm-up with PAP-inducing conditioning contractions (CW) with a moderate-intensity warm-up (MW) on performance and physiological outcomes of a 4-km time trial. Ten well-trained male endurance cyclists ((Equation is included in full-text article.)max 65.3 ± 5.6 ml·kg·min) performed two 4-km cycling time trials after a 5-minute recovery after a warm-up at 60% of (Equation is included in full-text article.)max for 6.5 minutes (MW), and a warm-up with conditioning contractions (CW) consisting of 5 minutes at 60% of (Equation is included in full-text article.)max then 3 × 10-second at 70% of peak power interspersed with a 30-second recovery. Blood lactate concentrations were measured before and after time trial. Expired gases were analyzed along with time, power output (PO), and peak forces over each 500 m split. After CW, mean completion time was reduced (1.7 ± 3.5 seconds p > 0.05), PO increased (5.1 ± 10.5 W p > 0.05) as did peak force per pedal stroke (5.7 ± 11 N p > 0.05) when compared with MW. (Equation is included in full-text article.)increased (1.4 ± 1.6 ml·kg·min p ≤ 0.05) after CW, whereas respiratory exchange ratio (RER) decreased (0.05 ± 0.02 p ≤ 0.05). Physiological and performance differences after CW were greatest over the first 1,500 m of the trials. The results suggest that a PAP-inducing warm-up alters (Equation is included in full-text article.)kinetics and can lead to performance improvements in short endurance cycling but work and recovery durations should be optimized for each athlete.
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