Age-specific affective responses and self-efficacy to acute high-intensity interval training and continuous exercise in insufficiently active young and middle-aged men.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has been recognized as an emerging trend in public health promotion, but its age-specific differences in psycho-perceptual responses have yet to be investigated. This study compared the psycho-perceptual responses after a single session of HIIT versus moderate-intensity continuous exercise (MICE) and vigorous-intensity continuous exercise (VICE) in twelve young and twelve middle-aged insufficiently active males respectively.

Methods

Using a randomized cross-over design, participants undertook three main trials consisting of: HIIT (10 x 1-min run at 100% VO_2max interspersed with 1-min active recovery), MICE (40-min run at 65% VO_2max) and VICE (20-min run at 80% VO_2max). Affective res

SUBMITTER: Poon ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6323176 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature