Olympic distance duathlon and cardiac performance in highly-trained triathletes.

ABSTRACT: The effects of triathlon exercise on cardiac function are well documented. While Olympic triathlon (swim-bike-run) remains the standard format, increasing concerns about water quality in natural waterways present ongoing challenges for open-water swimming events, highlighting the potential need to consider alternative formats such as duathlon (run-bike-run) in some circumstances. An additional run may increase the overall metabolic and cardiovascular demand compared with the swim in triathlon, leading to reduced future performance. Conversely, the majority of EICF research reports reversal of post-exercise perturbations within 24-7 days of recovery but duathlon has not yet been studied in this context. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the cardiac, autonomic, haemodynamic and biom

SUBMITTER: Donaldson JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671242 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature