Caffeine Increases Exercise Performance, Maximal Oxygen Uptake, and Oxygen Deficit in Elite Male Endurance Athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Kristian Stadheim ◽  
Trine Stensrud ◽  
Søren Brage ◽  
Jørgen Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Exercise Performance ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Endurance Athletes ◽  
Oxygen Deficit

scholarly journals Acute administration of high doses of taurine does not substantially improve high-intensity running performance and the effect on maximal accumulated oxygen deficit is unclear

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 498-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Milioni ◽  
Elvis de Souza Malta ◽  
Leandro George Spinola do Amaral Rocha ◽  
Camila Angélica Asahi Mesquita ◽  
Ellen Cristini de Freitas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Exercise Intensity ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Treadmill Running ◽  
Oxygen Deficit ◽  
Time To Exhaustion ◽  
Acute Administration ◽  
Running Performance ◽  
Accumulated Oxygen Deficit

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of acute administration of taurine overload on time to exhaustion (TTE) of high-intensity running performance and alternative maximal accumulated oxygen deficit (MAODALT). The study design was a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover design. Seventeen healthy male volunteers (age: 25 ± 6 years; maximal oxygen uptake: 50.5 ± 7.6 mL·kg−1·min−1) performed an incremental treadmill-running test until voluntary exhaustion to determine maximal oxygen uptake and exercise intensity at maximal oxygen uptake. Subsequently, participants completed randomly 2 bouts of supramaximal treadmill-running at 110% exercise intensity at maximal oxygen uptake until exhaustion (placebo (6 g dextrose) or taurine (6 g) supplementation), separated by 1 week. MAODALT was determined using a single supramaximal effort by summating the contribution of the phosphagen and glycolytic pathways. When comparing the results of the supramaximal trials (i.e., placebo and taurine conditions) no differences were observed for high-intensity running TTE (237.70 ± 66.00 and 277.30 ± 40.64 s; p = 0.44) and MAODALT (55.77 ± 8.22 and 55.06 ± 7.89 mL·kg−1; p = 0.61), which seem to indicate trivial and unclear differences using the magnitude-based inferences approach, respectively. In conclusion, acute 6 g taurine supplementation before exercise did not substantially improve high-intensity running performance and showed an unclear effect on MAODALT.

scholarly journals The developing athlete's heart: a cohort study in young athletes transitioning through adolescence

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (18) ◽  
pp. 2001-2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders W Bjerring ◽  
Hege EW Landgraff ◽  
Thomas M Stokke ◽  
Klaus Murbræch ◽  
Svein Leirstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Relative Wall Thickness ◽  
Endurance Athletes ◽  
Cardiac Morphology ◽  
Athlete's Heart

Background Athlete's heart is a term used to describe physiological changes in the hearts of athletes, but its early development has not been described in longitudinal studies. This study aims to improve our understanding of the effects of endurance training on the developing heart. Methods Cardiac morphology and function in 48 cross-country skiers were assessed at age 12 years (12.1 ± 0.2 years) and then again at age 15 years (15.3 ± 0.3 years). Echocardiography was performed in all subjects including two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain echocardiography and three-dimensional echocardiography. All participants underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing at both ages 12 and 15 years to assess maximal oxygen uptake and exercise capacity. Results Thirty-one (65%) were still active endurance athletes at age 15 years and 17 (35%) were not. The active endurance athletes had greater indexed maximal oxygen uptake (62 ± 8 vs. 57 ± 6 mL/kg/min, P < 0.05) at follow-up. There were no differences in cardiac morphology at baseline. At follow-up the active endurance athletes had greater three-dimensional indexed left ventricular end-diastolic (84 ± 11 mL/m2 vs. 79 ± 10 mL/m2, P < 0.05) and end-systolic volumes (36 ± 6 mL/m2 vs. 32 ± 3 mL/m2, P < 0.05). Relative wall thickness fell in the active endurance athletes, but not in those who had quit (–0.05 ΔmL/m2 vs. 0.00 mL/m2, P = 0.01). Four active endurance athletes had relative wall thickness above the upper reference values at baseline; all had normalised at follow-up. Conclusion After an initial concentric remodelling in the pre-adolescent athletes, those who continued their endurance training developed eccentric changes with chamber dilatation and little change in wall thickness. Those who ceased endurance training maintained a comparable wall thickness, but did not develop chamber dilatation.

scholarly journals Effects of macro- and micronutrients on exercise-induced hepcidin response in highly trained endurance athletes

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 1036-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan T. Dahlquist ◽  
Trent Stellingwerff ◽  
Brad P. Dieter ◽  
Donald C. McKenzie ◽  
Michael S. Koehle
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Power Output ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Athletic Performance ◽  
Iron Absorption ◽  
Regulatory Protein ◽  
Endurance Athletes ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Macro And Micronutrients ◽  
Exercise Induced

Iron deficiency has ergolytic effects on athletic performance. Exercise-induced inflammation impedes iron absorption in the digestive tract by upregulating the expression of the iron regulatory protein, hepcidin. Limited research indicates the potential of specific macro- and micronutrients on blunting exercise-induced hepcidin. Therefore, we investigated the effects of postexercise supplementation with protein and carbohydrate (CHO) and vitamins D3 and K2 on the postexercise hepcidin response. Ten highly trained male cyclists (age: 26.9 ± 6.4 years; maximal oxygen uptake: 67.4 ± 4.4 mL·kg–1·min–1 completed 4 cycling sessions in a randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blinded, triple-crossover study. Experimental days consisted of an 8-min warm-up at 50% power output at maximal oxygen uptake, followed by 8 × 3-min intervals at 85% power output at maximal oxygen uptake with 1.5 min at 60% power output at maximal oxygen uptake between each interval. Blood samples were collected pre- and postexercise, and at 3 h postexercise. Three different drinks consisting of CHO (75 g) and protein (25 g) with (VPRO) or without (PRO) vitamins D3 (5000 IU) and K2 (1000 μg), or a zero-calorie control drink (PLA) were consumed immediately after the postexercise blood sample. Results showed that the postexercise drinks had no significant (p ≥ 0.05) effect on any biomarker measured. There was a significant (p < 0.05) increase in hepcidin and interleukin-6 following intense cycling intervals in the participants. Hepcidin increased significantly (p < 0.05) from baseline (nmol·L–1: 9.94 ± 8.93, 14.18 ± 14.90, 10.44 ± 14.62) to 3 h postexercise (nmol·L–1: 22.27 ± 13.41, 25.44 ± 11.91, 22.57 ± 15.57) in VPRO, PRO, and PLA, respectively. Contrary to our hypothesis, the drink compositions used did not blunt the postexercise hepcidin response in highly trained athletes.

Effects of Increased Load of Low- Versus High-Intensity Endurance Training on Performance and Physiological Adaptations in Endurance Athletes

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Rune K. Talsnes ◽  
Roland van den Tillaar ◽  
Øyvind Sandbakk
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Endurance Training ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Time Trial ◽  
Endurance Athletes ◽  
High Intensity Training ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Physiological Adaptations ◽  
Intensity Training

Purpose: To compare the effects of increased load of low- versus high-intensity endurance training on performance and physiological adaptations in well-trained endurance athletes. Methods: Following an 8-week preintervention period, 51 (36 men and 15 women) junior cross-country skiers and biathletes were randomly allocated into a low-intensity (LIG, n = 26) or high-intensity training group (HIG, n = 25) for an 8-week intervention period, load balanced using the overall training impulse score. Both groups performed an uphill running time trial and were assessed for laboratory performance and physiological profiling in treadmill running and roller-ski skating preintervention and postintervention. Results: Preintervention to postintervention changes in running time trial did not differ between groups (P = .44), with significant improvements in HIG (−2.3% [3.2%], P = .01) but not in LIG (−1.5% [2.9%], P = .20). There were no differences between groups in peak speed changes when incremental running and roller-ski skating to exhaustion (P = .30 and P = .20, respectively), with both modes being significantly improved in HIG (2.2% [3.1%] and 2.5% [3.4%], both P < .01) and in roller-ski skating for LIG (1.5% [2.4%], P < .01). There was a between-group difference in running maximal oxygen uptake changes (P = .04), tending to improve in HIG (3.0% [6.4%], P = .09) but not in LIG (−0.7% [4.6%], P = .25). Changes in roller-ski skating peak oxygen uptake differed between groups (P = .02), with significant improvements in HIG (3.6% [5.4%], P = .01) but not in LIG (−0.1% [0.17%], P = .62). Conclusion: There was no significant difference in performance adaptations between increased load of low- versus high-intensity training in well-trained endurance athletes, although both methods improved performance. However, increased load of high-intensity training elicited better maximal oxygen uptake adaptations compared to increased load of low-intensity training.

Morning–evening differences in response to exhaustive severe-intensity exercise

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Anaerobic Capacity ◽  
Oxygen Uptake Kinetics ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Uptake Kinetics ◽  
Oxygen Deficit ◽  
Time To Exhaustion ◽  
Severe Intensity

The aim was to investigate the effect of time of day on 4 variables that are related to sport performance. Twenty healthy young men (mean ± SD: 22 ± 3 years, 1.78 ± 0.08 m, 72.0 ± 7.0 kg) performed exhaustive severe-intensity cycle ergometer tests at 278 ± 35 W (3.8 ± 0.4 W·kg–1) in the morning (between 0630 h and 0930 h) and in the evening (between 1700 h and 2000 h). Despite that gross efficiency was lower in the evening (estimated oxygen demand was 6% higher, P < 0.05), time to exhaustion was 20% greater (P < 0.01) in the evening (329 ± 35 s) than in the morning (275 ± 29 s). Performance in the evening was associated with a 4% higher (P < 0.01) maximal oxygen uptake (54 ± 7 mL·kg–1·min–1 vs. 52 ± 6 mL·kg–1·min–1, for the evening and the morning, respectively) and a 7% higher (P < 0.01) anaerobic capacity (as reflected by maximal accumulated oxygen deficit: 75 ± 9 mL·kg–1 vs. 70 ± 7 mL·kg–1, for the evening and the morning, respectively). In addition, oxygen uptake kinetics was faster in the evening, which resulted in slower utilization of the anaerobic reserves. It is concluded that modest morning–evening differences in maximal oxygen uptake, anaerobic capacity, and oxygen uptake kinetics conflate to produce a markedly longer performance in the evening than in the morning. Time of day must be considered for exercise testing and perhaps for exercise training.

scholarly journals The aerobic capacity of locomotory muscles in the tufted duck, Aythya fuligula

1988 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 445-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Turner ◽  
P. J. Butler
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Aerobic Capacity ◽  
Exercise Performance ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Fibre Type ◽  
Specific Enzyme ◽  
Tufted Duck ◽  
Aerobic And Anaerobic

The locomotory muscles of the tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (L.), were analysed for mass, aerobic and anaerobic enzyme activities, fibre-type proportions, capillarity, mitochondrial and myoglobin content. The estimated aerobic capacity of the muscles correlated well with the muscles' maximal oxygen uptake both when measured during swimming and when predicted for steady-state flight. The results suggest that exercise performance in birds cannot be predicted purely on the basis of muscle mass (see Butler & Woakes, 1985); the specific enzyme complement of each muscle must also be taken into account. The delivery of oxygen to mitochondria is facilitated by the dense capillarity and high myoglobin content of the muscles.

scholarly journals Decrescent intensity training concurrently improves maximal anaerobic power, maximal accumulated oxygen deficit, and maximal oxygen uptake

2019 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Ozaki ◽  
G Kato ◽  
T Nakagata ◽  
T Nakamura ◽  
K Nakada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Anaerobic Power ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Knee Extension ◽  
Oxygen Deficit ◽  
Training Time ◽  
Accumulated Oxygen Deficit ◽  
Maximal Anaerobic Power ◽  
Intensity Training

This study aimed to investigate the effects of a gradually decreasing intensity training from that corresponding to maximal anaerobic power (MAnP) to that of near maximal oxygen uptake () (decrescent intensity training) on MAnP, maximal accumulated oxygen deficit (MAOD), and in untrained young men. Seventeen untrained young men were randomly divided into either a training (TR; n = 9) group or a control (CON; n = 8) group. The TR group performed the decrescent intensity training, whereas the CON group did not perform any exercises. The mean training time per session throughout the training period was 275 ± 135 s. There was a Group × Time interaction for both absolute and relative (p < 0.01) values of , MAOD, and MAnP. The TR group had significantly increased values for all variables after the 8-week training program, and the relative values of all variables were significantly higher in the TR group than in the CON group. Muscle thicknesses in the anterior and posterior aspects of the thigh and maximal isokinetic knee extension and flexion strengths improved only in the TR group (p < 0.05). A single-exercise training with gradually decreasing intensity from that corresponding to the MAnP to that of approximately 100% improves MAnP, MAOD, and concurrently, despite the short training time per session.

The Role of Maximal Oxygen Uptake in Exercise Performance

1984 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Peter G. Snell ◽  
Jere H. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Exercise Performance ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake

A common haplotype and the Pro582Ser polymorphism of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF1A) gene in elite endurance athletes

2010 ◽  
Vol 108 (6) ◽  
pp. 1497-1500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Döring ◽  
Simone Onur ◽  
Alexandra Fischer ◽  
Marcel R. Boulay ◽  
Louis Pérusse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Maximal Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Hypoxia Inducible Factor ◽  
Haplotype Frequency ◽  
Endurance Athletes ◽  
Common Haplotype ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Hif1a Gene

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α ( HIF1A) is a transcription factor regulating several genes in response to hypoxic stimuli. HIF1A target genes code for proteins involved in oxygen transport, glycolytic enzymes, and glucose transporters. We investigated whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes in the HIF1A gene are associated with endurance performance in the Genathlete cohort, which includes 316 Caucasian male elite endurance athletes (EEA) with a maximal oxygen uptake of 79.0 ± 3.5 ml·kg−1·min−1 (mean ± SD) and 304 Caucasian male sedentary controls with a maximal oxygen uptake of 40.1 ± 7.0 ml·kg−1·min−1. Six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (rs1951795, rs11158358, rs2301113, rs11549465, rs115494657, rs17099207) were genotyped with the TaqMan system. We found a nominal significant tendency for a difference between the two groups for HIF1A Pro582Ser (rs11549465) genotype distributions ( P χ2 = 0.017). Homozygotes of the Pro genotype were slightly more frequent in athletes than in controls (84 vs. 75%). Compared with Ser carriers, the odds ratio (OR) of being an EEA in Pro/Pro homozygotes was 1.77 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.18–2.67, P = 0.006] compared with the other genotypes. A common HIF1A haplotype (frequency: 15%), including the rs11549465 Pro allele and the minor A allele of rs17099207 in the 3′ flanking region of the gene, showed a significant association with EEA status (OR: 2.37, 95% CI: 1.21–4.66, P = 0.012), whereas the most prevalent haplotype (frequency: 59%) comprising the rs11549465 Pro allele and the major G allele of rs1709920 showed no association with EEA status (OR: 0.93, 95% CI: 0.58–1.50, P = 0.769). We found preliminary evidence that the HIF1A Pro582Ser polymorphism and a common haplotype of the HIF1A gene may be associated with EEA status in Caucasian men.

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