Supramaximal high-intensity interval training for older adults in a community setting: a pragmatic feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Supramaximal high-intensity interval training (HIT) programmes can be challenging to replicate outside research settings. This study aimed to explore its feasibility for older adults in a community setting, incorporating perspectives from exercise participants and instructors.

Methods

A pragmatic feasibility study using a convergent mixed- methods design involving four exercise instructors from one training facility and 21 older adult exercise participants (14 women, age-range 65-78). The previously used HIT programme consisted of 20-minute sessions that included a warm-up, ten 6-second intervals, and cool-down. Instructors first adapted the programme around these core components to their setting and then conducted 25 sessions. Both qualitative (individual intervi

SUBMITTER: Frykholm E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12302583 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature