| TREADMILL
AND CYCLE ERGOMETER TESTS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE TO MONITOR TRIATHLETES
ANNUAL TRAINING |
Fabien
A. Basset 
and Marcel R. Boulay |
Division de Kinésiologie, Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive,
Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy (Québec), Canada
| Received |
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05 May 2003 |
| Accepted |
|
07
August 2003
|
| Published |
|
01 September 2003 |
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Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2003) 2, 110-116
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The purpose of this
study was to verify the use of a single test to obtain annual training guidelines
applicable to multiple modes of training. Eight triathletes (4 females,
4 males) were tested 3 times during their training year (Phase I; Phase
II; Phase III) on a treadmill and cycle ergometer. Cardio-respiratory variables
were calculated at standardized percentages of maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max;
50-100%). VO2max differences between tests reached 6% in every
testing session (p  0.01). VO2max
was stable for both tests throughout the season. The ANOVA (3 phases x 2
tests x 6 intensities) demonstrated that there was a significant difference
for heart rate (HRs; p 0.05) between
tests in Phase I only. However, the nonparametric sign test did not show
any significant differences in any phase. These results demonstrated that
triathletes could use the relationship between HR and % VO2max
collected during a treadmill or a cycle ergometer test to obtain interchangeable
reference HRs for monitoring their running and cycling training bouts in
high volume and/or high intensity phases of their training year.
KEY WORDS:Performance test, triathlete, VO2max, monitoring
of training, heart rate. |
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