Modelling inter-individual variability in acute and adaptive responses to interval training: insights into exercise intensity normalisation.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the influence of exercise intensity normalisation on intra- and inter-individual acute and adaptive responses to an interval training programme.

Methods

Nineteen cyclists were split in two groups differing (only) in how exercise intensity was normalised: 80% of the maximal work rate achieved in an incremental test (% W ˙ _max) vs. maximal sustainable work rate in a self-paced interval training session (% W ˙ _max-SP). Testing duplicates were conducted before and after an initial control phase, during the training intervention, and at the end, enabling the estimation of inter-individual variability in adaptive responses devoid of intra-individual variability.

Results

Due to premature exhaustion, the median training completio

SUBMITTER: Bossi AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10954971 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature