The Effect of High Intensity Intermittent Exercise on Power Output for the Upper Body

Leonie Harvey; Matthew Bousson; Chris McLellan; Dale Lovell

doi:10.3390/sports3030136

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The Effect of High Intensity Intermittent Exercise on Power Output for the Upper Body

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The Effect of High Intensity Intermittent Exercise on Power Output for the Upper Body

Leonie Harvey, Matthew Bousson, Chris McLellan and Dale Lovell

Sports, Vol.3(3), pp.136-144

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/sports3030136

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Human Movement and Sports Science

upper body

intermittent

high intensity

exercise

5 Ã— 6 s

sprint

RSA

The aim of the present study was to examine and measure high intensity, intermittent upper body performance, in addition to identifying areas of the body that affect the variance in total work done during the 5 × 6 s sprint test. Fifteen males completed an upper body 5 × 6 s sprint test on a modified electro-magnetically braked cycle ergometer, which consisted of five maximal effort sprints, each 6 s in duration, separated by 24 s of passive recovery. A fly wheel braking force corresponding to 5% of the participants' body weight was used as the implemented resistance level. Body composition was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Percent (%) decrement was calculated as 100 - (Total work/ideal work) × 100. Significant (P < 0.05) differences were found between sprints for both absolute and relative (W, W.kg-1, W.kg-1 Lean body mass (LBM) and W.kg-1 Upper body lean body mass (UBLBM)) peak (PP) and mean (MP) power. The % decrement in total work done over the five sprints was 11.4%. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis revealed that UBLBM accounts for 87% of the variance in total work done during the upper body 5 × 6 s sprint test. These results provide a descriptive analysis of upper body, high intensity intermittent exercise, demonstrating that PP and MP output decreased significantly during the upper body 5 × 6 s sprint test.

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Title: The Effect of High Intensity Intermittent Exercise on Power Output for the Upper Body
Authors: Leonie Harvey (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Matthew Bousson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Chris McLellan (Author) - Bond University
Dale Lovell (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Sports, Vol.3(3), pp.136-144
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.3390/sports3030136
ISSN: 2075-4663
Copyright note: Copyright © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449391802621
Output Type: Journal article

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