ArticleJournal of human kinetics2014
The Effects of Sprint Interval vs. Continuous Endurance Training on Physiological And Metabolic Adaptations in Young Healthy Adults.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Optimising Exercise Prescription: A Meta-Analysis Examining the Dose Response of Exercise Duration on Cardiorespiratory Fitness Following HIIT and MICT.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Number of Sprint Repetitions in a Sprint Interval Training Session Does Not Moderate Improvements in V̇OScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Pooled it
- Moderators of body composition change in response to sprint interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of Interval Training in Improving Body Composition and Adiposity in Apparently Healthy Adults: An Umbrella Review with Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Risk of bias and reporting practices in studies comparing VOJournal of sport and health science · 2022Pooled it
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- Eight Weeks of Sprint Interval Training With Adding Caffeine Ingestion Leads to Greater Improvements in Health-Related Physiological Parameters in Obese Male Adults.Physiological research · 2026Trial
- A single all-out bout of 30-s sprint-cycle performed on 5 consecutive days per week over 6 weeks does not enhance cardiovascular fitness, maximal strength, and clinical health markers in physically active young adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Trial
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- Exercise training comprising of single 20-s cycle sprints does not provide a sufficient stimulus for improving maximal aerobic capacity in sedentary individuals.European journal of applied physiology · 2016Trial
- The Effect of a Single Bout of Exercise to Volitional Exhaustion Under Moderate Normobaric Hypoxia on the Kinetics of Cardiac Biomarkers in Trained and Untrained Men.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Kinetics of Serum Myoglobin and Creatine Kinase Related to Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage andJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Effects of a Moderate-Intensity Interval Training Protocol on University Students' Body Composition: A Pilot Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- The Impact of Normobaric Hypoxia and Intermittent Hypoxic Training on Cardiac Biomarkers in Endurance Athletes: A Pilot Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- The effects of six sprint interval training sessions on muscle oxygenation and swimming performance in untrained swimmers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
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- Targeted Lipidomics and Inflammation Response to Six Weeks of Sprint Interval Training in Male Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Exercise Preconditioning Effect on Cardiac Tissue Injury following Induction of Myocardial Infarction in Male Rats.BioMed research international · 2023Article
- Slow and Steady, or Hard and Fast? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Comparing Body Composition Changes between Interval Training and Moderate Intensity Continuous Training.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Relevance of a Sprint Interval Swim Training Set to the 100-Meter Freestyle Event Based on Blood Lactate and Kinematic Variables.Journal of human kinetics · 2021Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of sprint interval training (SIT) and continuous endurance training (CET) on selected anthropometric, aerobic, and anaerobic performance indices as well as the blood lipid profile, inflammatory and muscle damage markers in healthy young males. Fifteen recreationally active male volunteers (age: 21.7 ±2.2 years, body mass: 83.0 ±8.0 kg, body height: 1.82 ±0.05 m) were divided into two groups according to their initial VO2max levels. Training programs were conducted 3 times per week for 7 weeks. The SIT program consisted of 4-6 Wingate anaerobic sprints with a 4.5 min recovery, while CET consisted of 30-50 min cycling at 60% VO2max. Biochemical, anthropometric and fitness assessments were performed both pre and post-intervention. Significant improvements in VO2max, anaerobic power and capacity, and VO2 utilization during the submaximal workout and significant decreases in body fat and in waist circumference after the intervention occurred in both SIT and CET groups. Significantly greater gross efficiency was measured in the CET group. No differences in the lipid profile or serum levels of inflammatory, myocardial and skeletal muscle damage markers were observed after the training period. The study results agree with the effectiveness of a 30 s all-out training program with a reduced time commitment for anthropometric, aerobic and anaerobic adaptation and eliminate doubts about its safety as a model.
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