- Title
- Concurrent strength and sprint training increases resting metabolic rate in masters road cyclists
- Creator
- Delvecchio, Luke; Reaburn, Peter; Meerkin, Jarrod; Korhonen, Marko T.; Borges, Nattai; Macgregor, Campbell; Climstein, Mike
- Relation
- Movement & Sport Sciences Vol. 109, p. 39-50
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/sm/2020007
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- High-intensity concurrent sprint and strength training has been shown to provide a strong physiological training stimulus in young adult endurance athletes. However, the effect in veteran endurance athletes remains unknown. This study examined if replacing a portion of endurance training with concurrent sprint and strength training influenced resting metabolic rate (RMR) and lean mass (LM) in veteran endurance cyclists. Eighteen well-trained male veteran road cyclists (55.2 ± 8.4 years; 7.9 ± 1.1 training hrs/wk; 323 ± 53 Wpeak) were allocated to a concurrent strength and sprint training group (CT, n = 9) or control group (CON, n = 9). The CT group completed a 12-weeks of sprint and strength training while the CON group maintained their normal endurance training. RMR and LM were measured before and after the 12-week training intervention. CT training significantly (p < 0.05) increased both RMR (+14.2%, 1600 ± 244 to 1828 ± 207 kcal/day) and LM (+2.0%, 61.8 ± 5.5 to 63.1 ± 5.4 kg) pre to post-intervention. No significant changes from pre- to post-training were observed in the CON group. These findings suggest replacing a portion of endurance training with sprint and strength training may preserve, and even increase, LM and RMR in veteran road cyclists.
- Subject
- masters athlete; cyclist; resistance training; endurance training; sprinting; basal metabolism
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1475807
- Identifier
- uon:49658
- Identifier
- ISSN:2118-5735
- Language
- eng
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