Effect of High-Intensity, Intermittent, Short-Duration Re-Warming Up on Cycling Sprint Performance

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Authors
Yuto Yamashita, Yoshihisa Umemura
Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of warming up again during half-time (i.e., re-warm up [RW]) with high-intensity, intermittent, short-duration exercise on cycling sprint performance. Participants (male, n = 10) performed intermittent cycling exercise for 40 min, followed by a 15-min half-time period with either rest only (control trials [CON]) or rest followed by a RW (three intervals of 3 s of maximal-effort cycling and 27 s of rest [HII]), after which participants performed the Cycling Intermittent-Sprint Protocol (CISP) to evaluate their sprint performance (17.0 ± 1.4°C, 44.2 ± 7.0% relative humidity). CISP intervals comprised 10 s rest, 5 s maximal effort .cycling, and 105 s active recovery at 50% of the maximum oxygen uptake (V O2max) and were repeated 10 times. All participants performed both trial variations in randomized order. Peak power output of 5-s cycling sprints during the CISP were significantly higher in HII trials than those in CON trials (CON: 813 ± 109 W, HII: 836 ± 118 W, p < 0.05). Oxygen uptake, blood lactate concentration, and the rating of perceived exertion at the beginning of the second half after the RW were significantly higher in HII trials than those in CON trials (p < 0.05). These results demonstrate that the RW with intermittent, high-intensity, short-duration exercise improved subsequent cycling sprint performance in a thermoneutral environment and may represent a new useful RW strategy.
DOI
DOI: 10.2478/hukin-2022-0068
Citation
 APA 
Yamashita, Y., Umemura, Y. (2022). Effect of High‐Intensity, Intermittent, Short‐Duration Re‐Warming Up on Cycling Sprint Performance. Journal of Human Kinetics, 83, 131-141. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0068
 Harvard 
Yamashita, Y., and Umemura, Y. (2022). Effect of High‐Intensity, Intermittent, Short‐Duration Re‐Warming Up on Cycling Sprint Performance. Journal of Human Kinetics, 83, pp.131-141. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0068
 MLA 
Yamashita, Yuto et al. “Effect of High‐Intensity, Intermittent, Short‐Duration Re‐Warming Up on Cycling Sprint Performance.” Journal of Human Kinetics, vol. 83, 2022, pp. 131-141. doi:10.2478/hukin-2022-0068.
 Vancouver 
Yamashita Y, Umemura Y. Effect of High‐Intensity, Intermittent, Short‐Duration Re‐Warming Up on Cycling Sprint Performance. Journal of Human Kinetics. 2022;83:131-141. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0068
Key words
sports, sprinting, half-time, intermittent exercise, heart rate, blood lactate concentration

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