dc.contributor.author | Connolly, LJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Bailey, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Krustrup, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Fulford, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Smietanka, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, AM | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-19T12:07:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-09-20 | |
dc.description.abstract | PURPOSE: To compare the effects of self-paced high-intensity interval and continuous cycle training on health markers in premenopausal women. METHODS: Forty-five inactive females were randomised to a high-intensity interval training (HIIT; n = 15), continuous training (CT; n = 15) or an inactive control (CON; n = 15) group. HIIT performed 5 × 5 min sets comprising repetitions of 30-s low-, 20-s moderate- and 10-s high-intensity cycling with 2 min rest between sets. CT completed 50 min of continuous cycling. Training was completed self-paced, 3 times weekly for 12 weeks. RESULTS: Peak oxygen uptake (16 ± 8 and 21 ± 12%), resting heart rate (HR) (-5 ± 9 and -4 ± 7 bpm) and visual and verbal learning improved following HIIT and CT compared to CON (P < 0.05). Total body mass (-0.7 ± 1.4 kg), submaximal walking HR (-3 ± 4 bpm) and verbal memory were enhanced following HIIT (P < 0.05), whereas mental well-being, systolic (-5 ± 6 mmHg) and mean arterial (-3 ± 5 mmHg) blood pressures were improved following CT (P < 0.05). Participants reported similar levels of enjoyment following HIIT and CT, and there were no changes in fasting serum lipids, fasting blood [glucose] or [glucose] during an oral glucose tolerance test following either HIIT or CT (P > 0.05). No outcome variable changed in the CON group (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Twelve weeks of self-paced HIIT and CT were similarly effective at improving cardiorespiratory fitness, resting HR and cognitive function in inactive premenopausal women, whereas blood pressure, submaximal HR, well-being and body mass adaptations were training-type-specific. Both training methods improved established health markers, but the adaptations to HIIT were evoked for a lower time commitment. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | The study was supported by FIFA-Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 117 (11), pp. 2281 - 2293 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00421-017-3715-9 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/32528 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932907 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2017. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cardiovascular health | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cognitive function | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cycling training | en_GB |
dc.subject | Inactive | en_GB |
dc.subject | Self-paced exercise training | en_GB |
dc.subject | Time commitment | en_GB |
dc.title | Effects of self-paced interval and continuous training on health markers in women | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-19T12:07:52Z | |
exeter.place-of-publication | Germany | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from Springer Verlag via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | European Journal of Applied Physiology | en_GB |