The integration of training and off‑training activities substantially alters training volume and load analysis in elite rowers

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2021-08-26Authors
Treff, Gunnar
Leppich, Robert
Winkert, Kay
Steinacker, Jürgen M.
Mayer, Benjamin
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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Scientific Reports ; 11 (2021). - Art.-Nr. 17218. - eISSN 2045-2322
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96569-0Faculties
Medizinische FakultätInstitutions
UKU. Klinik für Innere Medizin IIInstitut für Epidemiologie und Medizinische Biometrie
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Universität WürzburgDocument version
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Training studies in elite athletes traditionally focus on the relationship between scheduled training (TRAIN) and performance. Here, we added activities outside of scheduled training i.e., off-training (OFF) contributing to total training (TOTAL) to evaluate the contribution of OFF on performance. Eight elite rowers recorded OFF and TRAIN during waking hours for one season (30–45 weeks) with multisensory smartwatches. Changes in performance were assessed via rowing ergometer testing and maximum oxygen uptake (V˙O2max). Based on 1-Hz-sampling of heart rate data during TRAIN and OFF (> 60% maximum heart rate (HRmax), the volume, session count, intensity, training impulse (TRIMP), and training intensity distribution were calculated. OFF altered volume, TRIMP, and session count by 19 ± 13%, 13 ± 9%, and 41 ± 67% (p < 0.001). On an individual level, training intensity distribution changed in 3% of the valid weeks. Athletes exercised 31% of their weekly volume below 60% HRmax. Low to moderate intensities dominated during OFF with 87% (95% CI [79, 95]); however, in some weeks high-intensity activities > 89% HRmax during OFF amounted to 21 min·week−1 (95% CI [4, 45]). No effect of OFF on changes of performance surrogates was found (0.072 > p > 0.604). The integration of OFF substantially altered volume, TRIMP, and session count. However, no effect on performance was found.
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Open-Access-Förderung durch die Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Ulm
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-96569-0#Sec21Subject headings
[GND]: Physiologie[MeSH]: Biomedical Research | Physiology
[Free subject headings]: Medical research
[DDC subject group]: DDC 570 / Life sciences | DDC 610 / Medicine & health
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-41195
Treff, Gunnar et al. (2022): The integration of training and off‑training activities substantially alters training volume and load analysis in elite rowers. Open Access Repositorium der Universität Ulm und Technischen Hochschule Ulm. http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-41195
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