Low-intensity training dissociates metabolic from aerobic fitness
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Low-intensity training dissociates metabolic from aerobic fitness. / Helge, J W; Damsgaard, R; Overgaard, K; Andersen, J L; Donsmark, M; Dyrskog, S E; Hermansen, K; Saltin, B; Daugaard, J R.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2008, p. 86-94.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Low-intensity training dissociates metabolic from aerobic fitness
AU - Helge, J W
AU - Damsgaard, R
AU - Overgaard, K
AU - Andersen, J L
AU - Donsmark, M
AU - Dyrskog, S E
AU - Hermansen, K
AU - Saltin, B
AU - Daugaard, J R
N1 - Keywords: Adaptation, Physiological; Adipose Tissue; Adult; Arm; Capillaries; Energy Metabolism; Exercise; Humans; Leg; Lipid Metabolism; Lipids; Male; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; Oxygen Consumption; Physical Fitness; Prospective Studies; Skiing
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This study investigated the effect of prolonged whole-body low-intensity exercise on blood lipids, skeletal muscle adaptations and aerobic fitness. Seven male subjects completed a 32-day crossing of the Greenland icecap on cross-country skies and before and after this arm or leg cranking was performed on two separate days and biopsies were obtained from arm and leg muscle, and venous blood was sampled. During the crossing, subjects skied for 342+/-42 min/day and body mass was decreased by 7.1+/-0.7 kg. Peak leg oxygen uptake (4.6+/-0.2 L/min) was decreased (P<0.05) by 7% whereas peak arm oxygen uptake (3.0+/-0.2 L/min) remained unchanged. Total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (5.0+/-0.2 and 3.20.2 mmol/L) were decreased by 8% and 20%, respectively. Muscle beta-hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity was increased with 22% in arm (P=0.08) and remained unchanged in leg muscle. Hormone sensitive lipase activity was similar in arm and leg muscle prior to the expedition and was not significantly affected by the crossing. In conclusion, an improved blood lipid profile and thus metabolic fitness was present after prolonged low-intensity training and this occurred in spite of a decreased aerobic fitness and an unchanged arm and leg muscle hormone-sensitive lipase activity.
AB - This study investigated the effect of prolonged whole-body low-intensity exercise on blood lipids, skeletal muscle adaptations and aerobic fitness. Seven male subjects completed a 32-day crossing of the Greenland icecap on cross-country skies and before and after this arm or leg cranking was performed on two separate days and biopsies were obtained from arm and leg muscle, and venous blood was sampled. During the crossing, subjects skied for 342+/-42 min/day and body mass was decreased by 7.1+/-0.7 kg. Peak leg oxygen uptake (4.6+/-0.2 L/min) was decreased (P<0.05) by 7% whereas peak arm oxygen uptake (3.0+/-0.2 L/min) remained unchanged. Total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (5.0+/-0.2 and 3.20.2 mmol/L) were decreased by 8% and 20%, respectively. Muscle beta-hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity was increased with 22% in arm (P=0.08) and remained unchanged in leg muscle. Hormone sensitive lipase activity was similar in arm and leg muscle prior to the expedition and was not significantly affected by the crossing. In conclusion, an improved blood lipid profile and thus metabolic fitness was present after prolonged low-intensity training and this occurred in spite of a decreased aerobic fitness and an unchanged arm and leg muscle hormone-sensitive lipase activity.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00604.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00604.x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 17355324
VL - 18
SP - 86
EP - 94
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
SN - 0905-7188
IS - 1
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