Introduction Rowers in their first year of competition have a high risk of overtraining, caused by a disbalance in training load and recovery. A typical week in the rowing season consists of 5-8 training sessions, and many first year (“freshmen”) rowers have little previous experience in competitive sports. The risk is further increased by the fact that personalization of training load is diffi...

BACKGROUND Specific respiratory muscle training can improve respiratory muscle function in patients with COPD, but the magnitude of improvement appears dependent on the magnitude of the training load. High training loads are difficult to achieve using conventional, constant loading techniques, but may be possible using interval-based training techniques. METHODS To assess the feasibility of h...

This study investigated whether loads for assistance exercises of the upper body can be predicted from the loads of the bench press exercise. Twenty-nine physically active collegiate students (age: 22.6 ± 2.5; weight training experience: 2.9 ± 2.1 years; estimated 1RM bench press: 54.31 ± 14.60 kg; 1RM: body weight ratio: 0.80 ± 0.22; BMI: 22.7 ± 2.1 kg·m(-2)) were recruited. The 6RM loads for ...

Exercise intolerance is a prominent symptom in patients with mitochondrial myopathy (MM), but it is still unsettled whether exercise training is safe and beneficial for patients with MM. To address this, we studied the effect of 12 weeks cycle training on exercise capacity, quality of life and underlying molecular and cellular events in five patients with single large-scale deletions, one with ...

INTRODUCTION The application of cognitive load theory to workplace-based activities such as patient handovers is hindered by the absence of a measure of the different load types. This exploratory study tests a method for measuring cognitive load during handovers. METHODS The authors developed the Cognitive Load Inventory for Handoffs (CLI4H) with items for intrinsic, extraneous, and germane l...

PURPOSE The purpose of this investigation was to compare the impact of power training and strength-power training on the load-power relationship in the jump squat. METHODS Twenty-six recreationally trained male subjects were randomly assigned to either a power training group (P; N=10), a strength-power training group (SP; N=8), or a control group (C; N=8). The P group trained for 12 wk, perfo...

Hematological profiles of cyclists fluctuates are based on the volume/frequency/intensity of training. The present study examined the effects of training load on the cyclist’s biochemical profile which may be associated with over training. Twelve male cyclists volunteered to participate in this study. The participants completed a systematic training program which was divided into four phases i....

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a high-load (80%, 1-repetition maximum (RM), 8 reps) and a high-repetition (40%, 1-RM, 16 reps) resistance training protocol on muscular strength and bone mineral density (BMD) in early postmenopausal, estrogen-deficient women. The 6-month programs were matched initially for training volume (3 sets, 3 d x wk(-1)) for 12 exercises s...