%0 Journal Article
%T Heavy strength training improves running and cycling performance following prolonged submaximal work in well©\trained female athletes
%A Bent R. R£¿nnestad
%A Olav Vikmoen
%A Stian Ellefsen
%A Truls Raastad
%J Archive of "Physiological Reports".
%D 2017
%R 10.14814/phy2.13149
%X The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of adding heavy strength training to female duathletes' normal endurance training on both cycling and running performance. Nineteen well©\trained female duathletes (VO2max cycling: 54 ¡À 3 ml£¿kg£¿1£¿min£¿1, VO2max running: 53 ¡À 3 ml£¿kg£¿1£¿min£¿1) were randomly assigned to either normal endurance training (E, n = 8) or normal endurance training combined with strength training (E+S, n = 11). The strength training consisted of four lower body exercises [3 ¡Á 4©\10 repetition maximum (RM)] twice a week for 11 weeks. Running and cycling performance were assessed using 5©\min all©\out tests, performed immediately after prolonged periods of submaximal work (3 h cycling or 1.5 h running). E+S increased 1RM in half squat (45 ¡À 22%) and lean mass in the legs (3.1 ¡À 4.0%) more than E. Performance during the 5©\min all©\out test increased in both cycling (7.0 ¡À 4.5%) and running (4.7 ¡À 6.0%) in E+S, whereas no changes occurred in E. The changes in running performance were different between groups. E+S reduced oxygen consumption and heart rate during the final 2 h of prolonged cycling, whereas no changes occurred in E. No changes occurred during the prolonged running in any group. Adding strength training to normal endurance training in well©\trained female duathletes improved both running and cycling performance when tested immediately after prolonged submaximal work
%K Concurrent training
%K cycling economy
%K prolonged cycling
%K prolonged running
%K running economy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5350167/