Upper- vs. Lower-Body Exercise Performance in Female and Male Cross-Country Skiers.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: To investigate the interaction between exercise modality (i.e., upper- and lower-body exercise) and sex in physiological responses and power output (PO) across the entire intensity spectrum (i.e., from low to maximal intensity). Methods: Ten male and 10 female cross-country (XC) skiers performed a stepwise incremental test to exhaustion consisting of 5 min stages with increasing workload employing upper-body poling (UP) and running (RUN) on two separate days. Mixed measures ANOVA were performed to investigate the interactions between exercise modalities (i.e., UP and RUN) and sex in physiological responses and PO across the entire exercise intensity spectrum. Results: The difference between UP and RUN (Δ_UP-RUN), was not different in the female compa

SUBMITTER: Hansen LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8724206 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature