Metabolic response to heavy physical exercise before and after a 3-month training period |
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| Authors: | Dr. A. Wirth G. Neermann W. Eckert C. C. Heuck H. Weicker |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pathophysiology and Sports Medicine, Policlinic of Internal Medicine and Medical Clinic, University of Heidelberg, D-6900 Heidelberg, Germany;(2) Klinisches Institut für Herzinfarktforschung, Bergheimer Str. 58, D-6900 Heidelberg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Summary Twenty healthy athletes performed a heavy physical exercise before and after a controlled training period of 3 months. As a result of physical training there was a reduction in lactate concentration during and after exercise. Plasma free fatty acids and triglyceride levels were lower at rest as well as during and after exercise. Insulin concentrations decreased during exercise before the training period whereas they remained constant afterwards. The composition of individual free fatty acids changed in the same way during exercise before and after training: fatty acids with shorter hydrocarbon chains increased, those with longer chains decreased. Comparing the pattern of individual free fatty acids before and after training a higher percentage of saturated and a lower percentage of mono-unsaturated fatty acids was observed.It is concluded that changes in the plasma free fatty acid profile during heavy exercise reflect a preferential uptake and oxidation of certain individual free fatty acids. The significance of training-induced changes in the plasma free fatty acid pattern is discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Exercise Training Free fatty acids Triglycerides Insulin |
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