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Bláfoss R, Rikardo J, Andersen AØ, Hvid LG, Andersen LL, Jensen K, Christensen PM, Kvorning T, Aagaard P. Effects of Resistance Training Cessation on Cycling Performance in Well-Trained Cyclists: An Exploratory Study. J Strength Cond Res 2022; 36:796-804. [PMID: 35180191 DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000004204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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ABSTRACT Bláfoss, R, Rikardo, J, Andersen, AØ, Hvid, LG, Andersen, LL, Jensen, K, Christensen, PM, Kvorning, T, and Aagaard, P. Effects of resistance training cessation on cycling performance in well-trained cyclists: an exploratory study. J Strength Cond Res 36(3): 796-804, 2022-Supplementary (i.e., concurrent) resistance training can enhance cycling performance among competitive cyclists. However, a lack of knowledge exists about the retention (decay profile) in mechanical muscle function and cycling performance after concurrent resistance and endurance training. The present exploratory intervention study investigated the effect of 6 weeks of resistance training cessation when preceded by 8 weeks of concurrent resistance and endurance training on mechanical muscle function and cycling performance in 9 male well-trained competitive cyclists (V̇o2max = 66 ± 7 ml·min-1·kg-1). Cyclists performed periodized resistance training targeting leg and core muscles for 8 weeks as a supplement to their normal endurance (cycling) training. This was followed by 6 weeks of endurance training only (retention period) leading up to the start of the competitive season. Maximal leg extensor power, isometric leg extensor strength (maximal voluntary contraction [MVC]), rate of force development (RFD), and long-term cycling performance (2-hour submaximal cycling at 55% of Wmax), followed by 5-minute max cycling were evaluated. After 8 weeks of concurrent resistance and endurance training, leg extensor power, MVC, and RFD increased by 12, 15, and 17%, respectively while mean power output (W) during 5-minute max cycling increased by 7% (p < 0.05). Training-induced gains in MVC and 5-minute max cycling power were retained after 6-week cessation of resistance training (p < 0.05). These findings indicate that competitive cyclists can focus on cycling training alone for at least 6 weeks leading up to competition without losing attained gains in maximal muscle strength and cycling performance achieved by preceding periods of concurrent resistance training.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rúni Bláfoss
- Research Unit for Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej, Odense, Denmark
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Research Unit for Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej, Odense, Denmark
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- Research Unit for Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej, Odense, Denmark
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- Exercise Biology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Sport Sciences- Performance and Technology, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg, Denmark; and
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- Research Unit for Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej, Odense, Denmark
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- Research Unit for Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej, Odense, Denmark
- Team Danmark (the Danish Elite Sports Institution), Brøndby, Denmark
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- Research Unit for Muscle Physiology and Biomechanics, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej, Odense, Denmark
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Scalzo RL, Schauer IE, Rafferty D, Knaub LA, Kvaratskhelia N, Johnson TK, Pott GB, Abushamat LA, Whipple MO, Huebschmann AG, Cree-Green M, Reusch JEB, Regensteiner JG. Single-leg exercise training augments in vivo skeletal muscle oxidative flux and vascular content and function in adults with type 2 diabetes. J Physiol 2022; 600:963-978. [PMID: 33569797 PMCID: PMC9006339 DOI: 10.1113/jp280603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have impaired skeletal muscle oxidative flux due to limited oxygen delivery. In the current study, this impairment in oxidative flux in people with T2D was abrogated with a single-leg exercise training protocol. Additionally, single-leg exercise training increased skeletal muscle CD31 content, calf blood flow and state 4 mitochondrial respiration in all participants. ABSTRACT Cardiorespiratory fitness is impaired in type 2 diabetes (T2D), conferring significant cardiovascular risk in this population; interventions are needed. Previously, we reported that a T2D-associated decrement in skeletal muscle oxidative flux is ameliorated with acute use of supplemental oxygen, suggesting that skeletal muscle oxygenation is rate-limiting to in vivo mitochondrial oxidative flux during exercise in T2D. We hypothesized that single-leg exercise training (SLET) would improve the T2D-specific impairment in in vivo mitochondrial oxidative flux during exercise. Adults with (n = 19) and without T2D (n = 22) with similar body mass indexes and levels of physical activity participated in two weeks of SLET. Following SLET, in vivo oxidative flux measured by 31 P-MRS increased in participants with T2D, but not people without T2D, measured by the increase in initial phosphocreatine synthesis (P = 0.0455 for the group × exercise interaction) and maximum rate of oxidative ATP synthesis (P = 0.0286 for the interaction). Additionally, oxidative phosphorylation increased in all participants with SLET (P = 0.0209). After SLET, there was no effect of supplemental oxygen on any of the in vivo oxidative flux measurements in either group (P > 0.02), consistent with resolution of the T2D-associated oxygen limitation previously observed at baseline in subjects with T2D. State 4 mitochondrial respiration also improved in muscle fibres ex vivo. Skeletal muscle vasculature content and calf blood flow increased in all participants with SLET (P < 0.0040); oxygen extraction in the calf increased only in T2D (P = 0.0461). SLET resolves the T2D-associated impairment of skeletal muscle in vivo mitochondrial oxidative flux potentially through improved effective blood flow/oxygen delivery.
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- Rebecca L Scalzo
- Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Division of Center for Women's Health Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Division of Center for Women's Health Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Center for Women's Health Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Division of Center for Women's Health Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Division of Center for Women's Health Research, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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