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- Title
Reducing training frequency from 3 or 4 sessions/week to 2 sessions/week does not attenuate improvements in maximal aerobic capacity with reduced-exertion high-intensity interval training (REHIT).
- Authors
Thomas, Gavin; Songsorn, Preeyaphorn; Gorman, Aimee; Brackenridge, Ben; Cullen, Tom; Fitzpatrick, Ben; Metcalfe, Richard S; Vollaard, Niels B J
- Abstract
In the present randomised-controlled trial we investigated the effect of reduced-exertion high-intensity interval training (REHIT) training frequency (2, 3, or 4 sessions/week for 6 weeks) on maximal aerobic capacity in 42 inactive individuals (13 women; mean ± SD age: 25 ± 5 years, maximal aerobic capacity: 35 ± 5 mL·kg -1 ·min -1 ). Changes in maximal aerobic capacity were not significantly different between the 3 groups (2 sessions/week: +10.2%; 3 sessions/week: +8.1%; 4 sessions per week: +7.3%). In conclusion, a training frequency of 2 sessions/week is sufficient for REHIT to improve maximal aerobic capacity. Novelty We demonstrate that reducing REHIT training frequency from 3 or 4 to 2 sessions/week does not attenuate improvements in the key health marker of maximal aerobic capacity.
- Publication
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme, 2020, Vol 45, Issue 6, p683
- ISSN
1715-5320
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1139/apnm-2019-0750