Effects of Including Sprints During Low-intensity Cycling Exercises on Performance and Muscle/Blood Characteristics

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

18

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 23, 2017

Primary Completion Date

December 23, 2017

Study Completion Date

December 23, 2017

Conditions
HealthyCyclists
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Inclusion of sprints during low-intensity cycling during a 14-day training camp (high training load)

Inclusion of 12x30-s maximal sprints during five low-intensity cycling sessions with long duration (\>fours hours per session). Five sessions will be performed as low-intensity cycling-only (Controll sessions, distance matched). All other sessions will be performed as low-intensity sessions and adjusted according to each participants training load goal to reach an increase of \~50% in load compared to habitual training.

BEHAVIORAL

Low-intensity cycling during a 14-day training camp (high training load)

Five low-intensity cycling sessions (\>four hours per session), distance-matched to sprint group.

BEHAVIORAL

Recovery for 10 days (low training load)

Habitual low-intensity cycling (\>0.5-2 hours per session)

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

OTHER

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