The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of recovery modes and exercise durations on blood lactate concentrations and subsequent performance in cycling tests. Fourteen male subjects completed six randomly assigned experimental protocols with a combination of three durations and two modes of recovery (passive and active cycling at 45% VO$ sb{ rm 2 max}$). Each protocol consisted of eight bouts of cycling at 120% of VO$ sb{ rm 2 max}$ interspersed with five minute recovery periods. Each protocol terminated with a maximal performance task consisting of a 45s all-out cycling test. Results indicated significantly (p $<$ 0.05) higher blood lactate concentrations in the passive and 60s conditions. Mean power outputs measured in the performance task were significantly (p $<$ 0.05) higher in the active recovery conditions compared to passive recovery. Mean power outputs were lower during the 60s conditions. Since the correlation between blood lactate and mean power output was low (r = -0.24), other factors were influencing subsequent performance.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.60011 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Lu, Shin-Shan |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Physical Education.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001237399, proquestno: AAIMM67693, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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