ArticleSport sciences for health2023
Uphill versus downhill high-intensity training effectiveness in preserving vascular function and exercise performance in runners who reduce their regular endurance training.
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- The effects of uphill training on the maximal velocity and performance of middle-distance runners: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- A review of uphill and downhill running: biomechanics, physiology and modulating factors.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Purpose: The COVID-19 restrictions have limited outdoor physical activities. High-intensity training (HIT) may be a valid indoor alternative. We tested whether an indoor HIT is effective in maintaining vascular function and exercise performance in runners who reduce their usual endurance training, and whether a downhill HIT is as effective as an uphill one for such purposes. Methods: Sixteen runners performed the same 6-week HIT either uphill (UP, eight runners) or downhill (DOWN, eight runners). Eight runners continuing their usual endurance training acted as a control group (CON). The following data were collected before vs after our HIT: vascular conductance during rapid leg vasodilation to assess vasodilation capacity; V̇O Results: Both uphill and downhill HIT failed in maintaining the pre-HIT leg vasodilation capacity compared to CON, which was, however, blunted more after uphill than downhill HIT. V̇O Conclusion: Our HIT was ineffective in maintaining the pre-HIT leg vasodilation capacity compared to runners continuing their usual low-intensity endurance training, but did not lead to reductions in V̇O
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