- Title
- A contemporary variable-power cycling protocol to discriminate race-specific performance ability
- Creator
- Sharma, Avish P.; Bentley, David J.; Mejuto, Gaizka; Etxebarria, Naroa
- Relation
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Vol. 15, Issue 9, p. 1309-1314
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/IJSPP.2019-0558
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Purpose: Traditional physiological testing and monitoring tools have restricted our ability to capture parameters that best relate to cycling performance under variable-intensity race demands. This study examined the validity of a 1-h variable cycling test (VCT) to discriminate between different-performance-level cyclists. Methods: Ten male national- and 13 club-level cyclists (body mass, 67 [9] and 79 [6] kg; peak power output, 359 [43] and 362 [21] W, respectively) completed a VO2max test and two 1-h VCT protocols on 3 separate occasions. The VCT consisted of 10 × 6-min segments containing prescribed (3.5 W·kg−1) and open-ended phases. The open-ended phases consisted of 4 x 30–40 s of "recovery," 3 x 10 s at "hard" intensity, and 3 x 6-s "sprint" with a final 10-s "all-out" effort. Results: Power output for the 6- and 10-s phases was moderately higher for the national- compared with club-level cyclists (mean [SD] 10.4 [2.0] vs 8.6 [1.6] W·kg−1, effect size; ±90% confidence limits = −0.87; ±0.65 and mean [SD] 7.5 [0.7] vs 6.2 [1.0] W·kg−1, effect size; ±90% confidence limits = −1.24; ±0.66, respectively). Power output for the final 10-s "all-out" sprint was 15.4 (1.5) for the national- versus 13.2 (1.9) W·kg−1 for club-level cyclists. Conclusion: The 1-h VCT can successfully differentiate repeat high-intensity effort performance between higher-caliber cyclists and their lower-performing counterparts.
- Subject
- elite athlete; power output; endurance; stochastic power
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1424432
- Identifier
- uon:38076
- Identifier
- ISSN:1555-0265
- Language
- eng
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