Exercise Tolerance Can Be Enhanced through a Change in Work Rate within the Severe Intensity Domain: Work above Critical Power Is Not Constant |
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Authors: | Jeanne Dekerle Kristopher Mendes de Souza Ricardo Dantas de Lucas Luiz Guilherme Antonacci Guglielmo Camila Coelho Greco Benedito Sérgio Denadai |
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Institution: | 1. Centre for Sport and Exercise Science and Medicine, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, United Kingdom.; 2. Physical Effort Laboratory, Sports Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.; 3. UNESP, Human Performance Laboratory, Rio Claro, Brazil.; University of Rome Foro Italico, ITALY, |
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Abstract: | IntroductionThe characterization of the hyperbolic power-time (P-t
lim) relationship using a two-parameter model implies that exercise tolerance above the asymptote (Critical Power; CP), i.e. within the severe intensity domain, is determined by the curvature (W’) of the relationship.PurposesThe purposes of this study were (1) to test whether the amount of work above CP (W>CP) remains constant for varied work rate experiments of high volatility change and (2) to ascertain whether W’ determines exercise tolerance within the severe intensity domain.MethodsFollowing estimation of CP (208 ± 19 W) and W’ (21.4 ± 4.2 kJ), 14 male participants (age: 26 ± 3; peak
: 3708 ± 389 ml.min-1) performed two experimental trials where the work rate was initially set to exhaust 70% of W’ in 3 (‘THREE’) or 10 minutes (‘TEN’) before being subsequently dropped to CP plus 10 W.Results
W>CP for TEN (104 ± 22% W’) and W’ were not significantly different (P>0.05) but lower than W>CP for THREE (119 ± 17% W’, P<0.05). For both THREE (r = 0.71, P<0.01) and TEN (r = 0.64, P<0.01), a significant bivariate correlation was found between W’ and t
lim.Conclusion
W>CP and t
lim can be greater than predicted by the P-t
lim relationship when a decrement in the work rate of high-volatility is applied. Exercise tolerance can be enhanced through a change in work rate within the severe intensity domain. W>CP is not constant. |
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