Variation in Response and Recovery to Training Intensity in Highly Trained Rowers
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description: Background: In endurance sports, where training loads are high, effective programming of day-to-day training is crucial to achieve sufficient training stimuli and adequate recovery for optimal adaptation. The time required for recovery to a pre-exercise state following a single exercise stimulus is influenced by exercise intensity, although studies to date investigating this influence implement passive recovery periods. This does not reflect a real-world setting, where high training frequencies often require subsequent training to be performed prior to complete recovery. Furthermore, no study has investigated the influence of energetic profile on recovery time-course, which may prove valuable in individualising training programming. Aims: 1) To quantify the acute post-exercise deviation and time-course for recovery to baseline following different high-intensity interval training sessions throughout a non- passive recovery period. 2) To investigate the influence of energetic profile on the acute deviation and time-course for recovery to baseline. Methods: Ten male and three female highly trained rowers (mean ±SD age: 20.2 ±3.7 yr; body mass: 83.4 ±9.4 kg; VO₂peak: 4.93 ±0.71 L⋅min-1) completed preliminary testing to determine energetic contribution to a 6 min maximal rowing test. On separate days, participants completed three interval training (IT) sessions on the rowing ergometer: 5 x 3.5 min, 4 min rest periods (VO₂); 10 x 30 s, 5 min rest periods (Glycolytic); and 5 x 10 min, 4 min rest periods (Threshold). Intervals were requested to be performed at the highest possible maintainable pace. Blood lactate and salivary cortisol were measured pre, 3 and 30 min post-exercise respectively. Resting heart rate (HR) variability (HRV), post-submaximal exercise HRV (HRVex), submaximal HR (HRex), HR recovery (HRR), modified Wingate peak power and mean power, and subjective recovery (REC-Q) were measured pre and 1, 10, 24, 34, 48, 58, and 72 h post-exercise. Study One involved…
abstract: Background: In endurance sports, where training loads are high, effective programming of day-to-day training is crucial to achieve sufficient training stimuli and adequate recovery for optimal adaptation. The time required for recovery to a pre-exercise state following a single exercise stimulus is influenced by exercise intensity, although studies to date investigating this influence implement passive recovery periods. This does not reflect a real-world setting, where high training frequencies often require subsequent training to be performed prior to complete recovery. Furthermore, no study has investigated the influence of energetic profile on recovery time-course, which may prove valuable in individualising training programming. Aims: 1) To quantify the acute post-exercise deviation and time-course for recovery to baseline following different high-intensity interval training sessions throughout a non- passive recovery period. 2) To investigate the influence of energetic profile on the acute deviation and time-course for recovery to baseline. Methods: Ten male and three female highly trained rowers (mean ±SD age: 20.2 ±3.7 yr; body mass: 83.4 ±9.4 kg; VO₂peak: 4.93 ±0.71 L⋅min-1) completed preliminary testing to determine energetic contribution to a 6 min maximal rowing test. On separate days, participants completed three interval training (IT) sessions on the rowing ergometer: 5 x 3.5 min, 4 min rest periods (VO₂); 10 x 30 s, 5 min rest periods (Glycolytic); and 5 x 10 min, 4 min rest periods (Threshold). Intervals were requested to be performed at the highest possible maintainable pace. Blood lactate and salivary cortisol were measured pre, 3 and 30 min post-exercise respectively. Resting heart rate (HR) variability (HRV), post-submaximal exercise HRV (HRVex), submaximal HR (HRex), HR recovery (HRR), modified Wingate peak power and mean power, and subjective recovery (REC-Q) were measured pre and 1, 10, 24, 34, 48, 58, and 72 h post-exercise. Study One involved…
author: Holt, Ana
keywords: Readiness to train, Energetic contribution, Parasympathetic recovery, High-intensity intervals
date published: 2016
date modified: 2026-07-27T18:45:53Z
provider: AUT University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: AUT University