Is exhaustive training adequate preparation for endurance performance? |
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Authors: | Shigeru Katsuta Yoji Kanao Yukitoshi Aoyagi |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305 Ibaraki, Japan;(2) Laboratory of Physical Education, Aichi Prefectural Junior College of Nursing, Nagoya, 463 Aichi, Japan;(3) 1-1, Tennodai 1-Chome, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture 305, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary Our purpose was to test the significance of exhaustive training in aerobic or endurance capacity. The extent of adaptations to endurance training was evaluated by assessing the increase in physical performance capability and oxidative markers in the organs of rats trained by various exercise programs. Rats were trained by treadmill running 5 days · week–1 at 30 m · min–1 for 8 weeks by one of three protocols:T
1 — 60 min · day–1;T
2 — 120 min · day–1; andT
3 — 120 min · day–1 (3 days · week–1) and to exhaustion (2 days · week–1). GroupsT
2 andT
3 ran for longer thanT
1 in an endurance exercise test (P<0.05), in which the animals ran at 30 m · min–1 to exhaustion; no difference was observed between groupsT
2 andT
3. All 3 trained groups showed a similar increase (20–27%) in the fast-twitch oxidative-glycolytic (FOG) fibers with a concomitant decrease in the fast-twitch glycolytic (FG) fiber population in gastrocnemius (p<0.05). The capillary supply in gastrocnemius increased with the duration of exercise (p<0.05): no difference was found between groupsT
2 andT
3. Likewise, no distinction was seen between groupsT
2 andT
3 in the increase in succinate dehydrogenase activity in gastrocnemius and the heart. These results suggest that the maximal adaptive response to endurance training does not require daily exhaustive exercise. |
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Keywords: | Physical performance Muscle fiber types Capillary supply Succinate dehydrogenase Wistar strain rodents |
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