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The Acute Cardiovascular Response to Multiple Wingate Exercise in Healthy Males

<p> The Wingate anaerobic test can be used in an exercise training program as a powerful training stimulus for producing metabolic and performance enhancements. Although the acute cardiovascular responses in terms of heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and leg blood flow following a single Wingate have been characterized, the acute cardiovascular recovery pattern in response to multiple Wingate exercise bouts performed in an interval pattern have yet to be described. The purpose of the current investigation was to characterize that acute cardiovascular recovery period following multiple Wingate exercise. We observed the recovery patterns of HR, BP, SV, CO, and leg blood flow for 120 minutes immediately following multiple Wingate exercise. Ten recreationally active males aged 19.8 ± 1.2 years (mean± SD) years performed a single bout of Wingate exercise, and a session of multiple Wingate exercise in random order, on separate days. Cardiovascular measurements were conducted at rest and after two-minutes of recovery and then continued at 15-minute intervals until 120 minutes of recovery. HR was elevated
immediately after exercise compared to rest, and declined towards resting values for the
remainder of recovery, although HR failed to return to resting values after 120 minutes of
recovery. SV was significantly decreased, compared to rest, immediately following exercise from 87.3 ± 5.7 to 60.0 ± 5.6 ml. CO was increased compared to rest at two minutes following multiple Wingate exercise, and continued to increase to a maximum recovery value of 8.1 ± 0.7 L/min at R15. Immediately following exercise systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were all elevated to 155 ± 3, 73 ± 2, and 100 ± 3 mmHg respectively. Although SBP and MAP returned to resting values 15-minutes after exercise, DBP continued to decrease, resulting in a period of hypotension observed from R15 and R30. Leg blood flow was elevated compared to rest following exercise. Common femoral artery (CFA) blood flow was higher after a single Wingate, than after multiple Wingate exercise (1264 ± 109 and 1036 ± 86 ml/min respectively). Superficial femoral artery (SFA) blood flow (616 ± 55 ml/min) immediately following multiple Wingate exercise was not different following a single Wingate, however the time to return to resting values was longer after multiple Wingate exercise. We attribute the sustained elevations in (SFA) blood flow to increased cutaneous flow for thermoregulation purposes following multiple Wingate exercise.</p> <p> The results of this investigation indicate that the general cardiovascular recovery time is longer after multiple Wingate exercise, than after a single Wingate bout. This type of supramaximal exercise temporarily reduces SV due to elevated SBP and decreases in cardiac preload that are not facilitated by vasodilatation and decreased total peripheral resistance (TPR).</p> / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/21717
Date09 1900
CreatorsGurr, Lindsay J.
ContributorsMacDonald, Maureen Jane, Kinesiology
Source SetsMcMaster University
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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