Personalized Moderate-Intensity Exercise Training Combined with High-Intensity Interval Training Enhances Training Responsiveness

Bryant R. Byrd, Jamie Keith, Shawn M. Keeling, Ryan M. Weatherwax, Paul B. Nolan, Joyce S. Ramos and Lance C. Dalleck
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Bryant R. Byrd: Recreation, Exercise & Sport Science Department, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA
Jamie Keith: Recreation, Exercise & Sport Science Department, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA
Shawn M. Keeling: Recreation, Exercise & Sport Science Department, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA
Ryan M. Weatherwax: Recreation, Exercise & Sport Science Department, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA
Paul B. Nolan: SHAPE Research Centre, Exercise Science and Clinical Exercise Physiology, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Joyce S. Ramos: SHAPE Research Centre, Exercise Science and Clinical Exercise Physiology, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Lance C. Dalleck: Recreation, Exercise & Sport Science Department, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: This study sought to determine if personalized moderate-intensity continuous exercise training (MICT) combined with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) was more effective at improving comprehensive training responsiveness than MICT alone. Apparently healthy, but physically inactive men and women ( n = 54) were randomized to a non-exercise control group or one of two 13-week exercise training groups: (1) a personalized MICT + HIIT aerobic and resistance training program based on the American Council on Exercise guidelines, or (2) a standardized MICT aerobic and resistance training program designed according to current American College of Sports Medicine guidelines. Mean changes in maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2max ) and Metabolic (MetS) z-score in the personalized MICT + HIIT group were more favorable ( p < 0.05) when compared to both the standardized MICT and control groups. Additionally, on the individual level, there were positive improvements in VO 2max (Δ > 4.9%) and MetS z-score (Δ ≤ −0.48) in 100% (16/16) of participants in the personalized MICT + HIIT group. In the present study, a personalized exercise prescription combining MICT + HIIT in conjunction with resistance training elicited greater improvements in VO 2max , MetS z-score reductions, and diminished inter-individual variation in VO 2max and cardiometabolic training responses when compared to standardized MICT.

Keywords: cardiometabolic risk factor; metabolic syndrome; responders; translational research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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