Training effects of cross-country skiing and running on maximal aerobic cycle performance and on blood lipids
| Autor: | Matti Pasanen, T K Kukkonen-Harjula, Ilkka Vuori, S P Niittymäki, T Solakivi, R M Laukkanen, Pekka Oja |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Sports medicine Anaerobic Threshold Physiology Physical fitness Blood lipids law.invention Running Oxygen Consumption Randomized controlled trial law Heart Rate Skiing Physiology (medical) Heart rate Medicine Aerobic exercise Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health VO2 max Cardiorespiratory fitness General Medicine Lipids Physical therapy Exercise Test business Energy Metabolism human activities |
| Zdroj: | European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology. 62(6) |
| ISSN: | 0301-5548 |
| Popis: | Two experiments were carried out to compare the cardiorespiratory and metabolic effects of cross-country skiing and running training during two successive winters. Forty-year-old men were randomly assigned into skiing (n = 15 in study 1, n = 16 in study 2), running (n = 16 in study 1 and n = 16 in study 2) and control (n = 17 in study 1 and n = 16 in study 2) groups. Three subjects dropped out of the programme. The training lasted 9-10 weeks with 40-min exercise sessions three times each week. The training intensity was controlled at 75%-85% of the maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) using portable heart rate metres and the mean heart rate was 156-157 beats.min-1 in the training groups. In the pooled data of the two studies the mean increase in the VO2max (in ml.min-1.kg-1) on a cycle ergometer was 17% for the skiing group, 13% for the running group and 2% for the control group. The increase in VO2max was highly significant in the combined exercise group compared to the control group but did not differ significantly between the skiing and running groups. The fasting serum concentrations of lipoproteins and insulin did not change significantly in any of the groups. These results suggested that training by cross-country skiing and running of the same duration and intensity at each session for 9-10 weeks improved equally the cardiorespiratory fitness of untrained middle-aged men. |
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