Effect of Sprint Interval Training Frequency on Improvements in Fitness

Last updated: November 21, 2023
Sponsor: Wilfrid Laurier University
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Exercise Intervention

Clinical Study ID

NCT06142942
EMRL-23-01
  • Ages 18-35
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The goal of this study is to learn how the number of weekly exercise sessions affects improvements in fitness in healthy university aged students. The main question it aims to answer is how training frequency affects improvements in fitness. Participants will complete a pre-testing sessions to assess fitness level and sprint performance. Following this participants are assigned to one of four groups. A group that exercises 2 days a week, a group that trains 3 days a week, a group that trains 4 days a week, or a no-exercise control group. Participants in this group will not complete any training and allow the researchers to compare the exercise groups to a group that didn't train. Each participant will train for 4 weeks. During each training session participants will complete 4-6 30 second all-out sprints with 4 minutes of rest between each. Participants will complete the same tests they did during the pre-testing session following the 4 weeks of training to see how frequency affects improvements.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Recreationally active: exercising at least 2-3 days per week and not currentlyinvolved in, or had been involved in a systematic training program for at least 3months prior to data collection.
  • Safe to become physically active based on the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
  • Get Active Questionnaire.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Smoking
  • Consuming supplements known to affect metabolism (e.g., creatine, carnitine, nitricoxide, brain chain amino acids).
  • Failure to meet inclusion criteria

Study Design

Total Participants: 100
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Exercise Intervention
Phase:
Study Start date:
November 01, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
August 31, 2024

Connect with a study center

  • Wilfrid Laurier University

    Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

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