scholarly journals The effects of different protocols of physical exercise and rest on long-term memory

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley Pyke ◽  
Fadi Ifram ◽  
Laura Coventry ◽  
Yee Sung ◽  
Isabelle Champion ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Exercise ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Interval Training ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
High Intensity Interval Training ◽  
Moderate Intensity Exercise ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
High Intensity Interval

Objectives Many studies have looked at the effects of physical exercise on long-term memory. However, to date, no study has compared the effect of different intensities and protocols of physical exercise and different rest conditions on long-term memory. Methods In three studies (N=59) we measured the extent that physical exercise (in its varying intensities) and wakeful rest (active-rest; in which participants were cognitively engaged while seated and passive-rest; no cognitive engagement while seated) could influence long-term memory. Across all three studies, nearly identical procedures were employed, using the same old/new recognition memory test in order to establish the most effective protocol for cognitive enhancement. In Study 1, the effects of continuous moderate intensity exercise, uninterrupted wakeful rest (passive) and rest with an engagement task (active) were explored. In Study 2, continuous moderate intensity exercise was compared to high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and passive rest. Study 3 observed the effects of low-, moderate- and high-intensity continuous exercise. Results Across the three studies moderate intensity exercise had the greatest positive impact on memory performance. Passive rest was more effective than active rest, however, less than high-intensity interval-training (HIIT). Conclusion Our findings suggest that it is not necessary to physically overexert oneself in order to achieve observable improvements to long-term memory. By also investigating uninterrupted wakeful rest, it reaffirmed the importance of the consolidation period for the formation of long-term memories.

scholarly journals Comparison of Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training and Continuous Training on Memory and Correlation with Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in the Rat Brain

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Taheri Chadorneshin ◽  
Shila Nayebifar ◽  
Seyed-Hosein Abtahi-Eivary ◽  
Hossein Nakhaei
Keyword(s):  
High Intensity ◽  
Wistar Rats ◽  
Interval Training ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
High Intensity Interval Training ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Sod Activity ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
High Intensity Interval

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of six-week continuous training (CT) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) protocols on brain superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activities and their associations with short-, mid-, and long-term memory in albino Wistar rats. Methods: In this study, 18 male albino Wistar rats (5 months old) were randomly assigned to three equal (n = 6) groups of sedentary control (SC), CT, and HIIT. Both CT and HIIT regimens were performed for 6 consecutive days per week for 6 weeks. Results: Both HIIT and CT regimens increased short-, mid-, and long-term memory, and the alterations were greater following HIIT than CT. In addition, both HIIT and CT regimens significantly increased SOD activity, with a higher elevation following HIIT than CT. Moreover, brain SOD activity positively correlated with short-, mid-, and long-term memory. However, neither CT nor HIIT had a significant effect on brain GPX and CAT activities. Conclusions: The HIIT regimen is highly potential, as opposed to the CT regimen, to improve memory function through a greater increase in the SOD activity of the brain.

High-intensity interval training speeds the adjustment of pulmonary O2 uptake, but not muscle deoxygenation, during moderate-intensity exercise transitions initiated from low and elevated baseline metabolic rates

2013 ◽  
Vol 114 (11) ◽  
pp. 1550-1562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra M. Williams ◽  
Donald H. Paterson ◽  
John M. Kowalchuk
Keyword(s):  
High Intensity ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Interval Training ◽  
Constant Load ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Metabolic Rates ◽  
High Intensity Interval Training ◽  
Moderate Intensity Exercise ◽  
Muscle Deoxygenation ◽  
High Intensity Interval

During step transitions in work rate (WR) within the moderate-intensity (MOD) exercise domain, pulmonary O2 uptake (V̇o2p) kinetics are slowed, and V̇o2p gain (ΔV̇o2p/ΔWR) is greater when exercise is initiated from an elevated metabolic rate. High-intensity interval training (HIT) has been shown to speed V̇o2p kinetics when step transitions to MOD exercise are initiated from light-intensity baseline metabolic rates. The effects of HIT on step transitions initiated from elevated metabolic rates have not been established. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of HIT on V̇o2p kinetics during transitions from low and elevated metabolic rates, within the MOD domain. Eight young, untrained men completed 12 sessions of HIT (spanning 4 wk). HIT consisted of 8–12 1-min intervals, cycling at a WR corresponding to 110% of pretraining maximal WR (WRmax). Pre-, mid- and posttraining, subjects completed a ramp-incremental test to determine maximum O2 uptake, WRmax, and estimated lactate threshold (θ̂L). Participants additionally completed double-step constant-load tests, consisting of step transitions from 20 W → Δ45% θ̂L [lower step (LS)] and Δ45 → 90% θ̂L [upper step (US)]. HIT led to increases in maximum O2 uptake ( P < 0.05) and WRmax ( P < 0.01), and τV̇o2p of both lower and upper MOD step transitions were reduced by ∼40% (LS: 24 s → 15 s; US: 45 s → 25 s) ( P < 0.01). However, the time course of adjustment of local muscle deoxygenation was unchanged in the LS and US. These results suggest that speeding of V̇o2p kinetics in both the LS and US may be due, in part, to an improved matching of muscle O2 utilization to microvascular O2 delivery within the working muscle following 12 sessions of HIT, although muscle metabolic adaptations cannot be discounted.

scholarly journals High intensity interval training (HIIT) as a viable alternative to induce the prevention of respiratory diseases: a point of view of exercise immunology during COVID-19 outbreak

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e7069109186
Author(s):  
Carolina Cavalcante de Paula ◽  
Sergio Machado ◽  
Gustavo De Conti Teixeira Costa ◽  
Marcelo Magalhães Sales ◽  
Thiago Gottgtroy Miranda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Intensity ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Adaptive Immune System ◽  
Interval Training ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
High Intensity Interval Training ◽  
Moderate Intensity Exercise ◽  
Cost Of Time ◽  
High Intensity Interval

The immune system's response against SARS-Cov-2 seems crucial to control viral infection, since this system is homeostatic, dynamic and promotes immunoprotection of the organism through the activation of the innate and adaptive immune system via activation of cellular and chemical complexes that recognize, neutralize, metabolize and eliminate heterologous substances, with or without tissue damage. An obesogenic microenvironment can further increase the risk of disease complications, and cause a more virulent viral strain and a more lethal virus. Moreover, physical inactivity as well as poor eating habits impairs the body's energy metabolism and immune cells due to low-grade chronic inflammation. Studies suggest that light to moderate exercise, as well as mild calorie restriction, as an effective approach to relieve obesity and therefore an interesting strategy to strengthen the immune response during the outbreak of COVID-19, while a vaccine is not developed. Some studies have been shown significant findings in favor of High intensity interval training (HIIT) protocols when compared to moderate intensity exercise, showing how immunological system responds to vigorous to high intensity training. However, HIIT has a lower cost of time, reducing the time/efficiency ratio, that is, a lower cost of time with similar or even better benefits to higher volume exercise programs. Let us not forget: "time is the most precious asset we have".

scholarly journals High intensity exercise during breast cancer chemotherapy - effects on long-term myocardial damage and physical capacity - data from the OptiTrain RCT

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefin Ansund ◽  
Sara Mijwel ◽  
Kate A. Bolam ◽  
Renske Altena ◽  
Yvonne Wengström ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Troponin T ◽  
Interval Training ◽  
High Intensity Exercise ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
High Intensity Interval Training ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
High Intensity Interval

Abstract Background Adjuvant systemic breast cancer treatment improves disease specific outcomes, but also presents with cardiac toxicity. In this post-hoc exploratory analysis of the OptiTrain trial, the effects of exercise on cardiotoxicity were monitored by assessing fitness and biomarkers over the intervention and into survivorship. Methods; Women starting chemotherapy were randomized to 16-weeks of resistance and high-intensity interval training (RT-HIIT), moderate-intensity aerobic and high-intensity interval training (AT–HIIT), or usual care (UC). Outcome measures included plasma troponin-T (cTnT), Nt-pro-BNP and peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and at 1- and 2-years. Results For this per-protocol analysis, 88 women met criteria for inclusion. Plasma cTnT increased in all groups post-intervention. At the 1-year follow-up, Nt-pro-BNP was lower in the exercise groups compared to UC. At 2-years there was a drop in VO2peak for patients with high cTnT and Nt-pro-BNP. Fewer patients in the RT-HIIT group fulfilled biomarker risk criteria compared to UC (OR 0.200; 95% CI = 0.055–0.734). Conclusions In this cohort, high-intensity exercise was associated with lower levels of NT-proBNP 1-year post-baseline, but not with cTnT directly after treatment completion. This may, together with the preserved VO2peak in patients with low levels of biomarkers, indicate a long-term cardioprotective effect of exercise. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.govNCT02522260, Registered 13th of august 2015 – Retrospectively Registered Graphical abstract

Short-term high-intensity interval training improves phosphocreatine recovery kinetics following moderate-intensity exercise in humans

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1124-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean C. Forbes ◽  
Jill M. Slade ◽  
Ronald A. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Interval Training ◽  
Oxidative Capacity ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
High Intensity Interval Training ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Moderate Intensity Exercise ◽  
Leg Extension ◽  
High Intensity Interval

Previous studies have shown that high-intensity training improves biochemical markers of oxidative potential in skeletal muscle within a 2-week period. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of short-term high-intensity interval training on the time constant (τ) of phosphocreatine (PCr) recovery following moderate-intensity exercise, an in vivo measure of functional oxidative capacity. Seven healthy active subjects (age, 21 ± 4 years; body mass, 69 ± 11 kg) performed 6 sessions of 4–6 maximal-effort 30 s cycling intervals within a 2-week period, and 7 subjects (age, 24 ± 5 years; body mass, 80 ± 15 kg) served as controls. Prior to and following training, phosphorous-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS; GE 3T Excite System) was used to measure relative changes in high-energy phosphates and intracellular pH of the quadriceps muscles during gated dynamic leg-extension exercise (3 cycles of 90 s exercise and 5 min of rest). A monoexponential model was used to estimate the τ of PCr recovery. The τ of PCr recovery after leg-extension exercise was reduced by 14% with high-intensity interval training (pretraining, 43 ± 14 s vs. post-training, 37 ± 15 s; p < 0.05) with no change in the control group (44 ± 12 s vs. 43 ± 12 s, respectively; p > 0.05). These findings demonstrate that short-term high-intensity interval training is an effective means of increasing functional oxidative capacity in skeletal muscle.

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