Comparison between Different Prescription Methods for Aerobic Training in Young Adults

Fernando Policarpo, Pedro Valdivia-Moral, Maria do Socorro Luna-Cruz, Alex Véliz-Burgos, Juan Mansilla-Sepulveda and Juan Guillermo Estay-Sepulveda
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Fernando Policarpo: Laboratório de Biociências do Movimento Humano LABIMH/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro 21941-901, Brazil
Pedro Valdivia-Moral: Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
Maria do Socorro Luna-Cruz: Faculdad de Ciencias da Salud do Trairi. FACISA/UFRN, Santa Cruz Rio Grande do Norte 59200-000, Brazil
Alex Véliz-Burgos: Department of Social Science, Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt 548000, Chile
Juan Mansilla-Sepulveda: Department of Education, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco 4780000, Chile
Juan Guillermo Estay-Sepulveda: Department of Education, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco 4780000, Chile

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 22, 1-8

Abstract: Anaerobic threshold and respiratory compensation are used to determine the intensity of aerobic exercise. This study aims to compare heart rate values relative to the percentages of 50%, 60%, 70%, and 80%, a comparison calculated through the reserve heart rate (HRR) and reserve oxygen consumption (VO 2 R) equations corresponding to the oxygen consumption obtained by the direct method. The sample was composed of 11 men and 10 women: mean age, 21.4 ± 2.8 years. Volunteers performed a maximal treadmill test in which oxygen uptake was measured using the VO2000 ® metabolic analyzer. The mean body fat percentage was 15.68 ± 8.02% corresponding to a lean body mass of 54.8 ± 13.0 kg and a maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2 max) of 56.0 ± 8.4 mL/Kg·min −1 . The measured intensities (50%, 60%, 70% and 80% of VO 2 max) presented significant differences ( p < 0.05) for each reference value. Mean values calculated by the HRR equation demonstrated a tendency to underestimate the intensities, while the values calculated by the VO 2 R equation showed a tendency to overestimate the intensities. As the main conclusion, it is pointed out that both methods were effective for determining the intensity of aerobic training. However, they presented significant differences, and the equations should be adjusted to increase precision. Thus, the use of HRR is recommended for the determination of training intensities.

Keywords: oxygen uptake; heart rate; prescription; aerobic exercise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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