Whole-body cryotherapy does not augment adaptations to high-intensity interval training
Broatch JR, Poignard M, Hausswirth C, Bishop DJ, Bieuzen F
Scientific reports · 11 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Institut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance
- Government
- French Ministry of Sport
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Publication
- Published
- 2019-08-19 · Sci Rep · vol. 9 · issue 1 · p. 12013
- Publisher
- Nature Portfolio
- Cited
- 18 citations · more than 81% of similar papers · 1.4× the field average
- References
- 51 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Exercise and Physiological Responses · Sports Performance and Training · Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Keywords
- High-intensity interval training, Medicine, Basal (medicine), Cryotherapy, Interval training, Endurance training, Internal medicine, Surgery, Insulin
- MeSH
- humans, adrenal cortex hormones, exercise test, exercise, cryotherapy, sleep, adaptation, physiological, energy metabolism, oxygen consumption, adult, male, biomarkers, high-intensity interval training
5 authors
From AU, DE, FR
- James R. Broatch · correspondingAustralian Sports Commission; Institute for Sports Medicine; Victoria University
- Mathilde PoignardFédération française de cardiologie; Institut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance
- Christophe HausswirthUniversité Côte d'Azur; Laboratoire Motricité Humaine Éducation Sport Santé
- David John BishopEdith Cowan University; Institute for Sports Medicine; Victoria University
- François BieuzenInstitut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of regular post-exercise whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) on physiological and performance adaptations to high-intensity interval training (HIT). In a two-group parallel design, twenty-two well-trained males performed four weeks of cycling HIT, with each session immediately followed by 3 min of WBC (-110 °C) or a passive control (CON). To assess the effects of WBC on the adaptive response to HIT, participants performed the following cycling tests before and after the training period; a graded exercise test (GXT), a time-to-exhaustion test (Tmax), a 20-km time trial (20TT), and a 120-min submaximal test (SM120). Blood samples were taken before and after training to measure changes in basal adrenal hormones (adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol). Sleep patterns were also assessed during training via wrist actigraphy. As compared with CON, the administration of WBC after each training session during four weeks of HIT had no effect on peak oxygen uptake ([Formula: see text]O2peak) and peak aerobic power (Ppeak) achieved during the GXT, Tmax duration and work performed (WTmax), 20TT performance, substrate oxidation during the SM120, basal adrenaline/noradrenaline/cortisol concentrations, or sleep patterns (P > 0.05). These findings suggest that regular post-exercise WBC is not an effective strategy to augment training-induced aerobic adaptations to four weeks of HIT.
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