Physiological Correlations With Short, Medium, and Long Cycling Time-Trial Performance

Autor: Vitor Pereira Costa, Fernando Klitzke Borszcz, Artur Ferreira Tramontin, Lorival José Carminatti, Kristopher Mendes de Souza
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 89:120-125
ISSN: 2168-3824
0270-1367
Popis: Several studies have demonstrated that physiological variables predict cycling endurance performance. However, it is still unclear whether the predictors will change over different performance durations. The aim of this study was to assess the correlations between physiological variables and cycling time trials with different durations.Twenty trained male cyclists (maximal oxygen uptake [VOThe main results showed that the physiological measures strongly correlated with long cycling performances rather than short and medium time trials. The time-trial mean power output was moderately high to highly correlated with peak power output and VOTherefore, trained cyclists should develop maximal aerobic power irrespective of the duration of time trial, as well as enhancements in metabolic thresholds for long-duration time trials.
Databáze: OpenAIRE