Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
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©Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2008) 07, 279 - 285

Research article
Lactate Kinetics After Intermittent and Continuous Exercise Training
Adnene Gharbi1,2, , Karim Chamari3, Amjad Kallel4, Saîd Ahmaidi5, Zouhair Tabka1, Zbidi Abdelkarim1
Author Information
1 Laboratory of Cardio-Circulatory, Respiratory, Metabolic and Hormonal Adaptations to the Muscular Exercise, Faculty of Medicine Ibn El Jazzar, Sousse, Tunisia
2 High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Gafsa, Tunisia
3 Research Unit "Evaluation, Sport, Health" National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sports (CNMSS), El Menzah, Tunisia
4 ISSTEG University Gabes-Tunisia,
5 Research Laboratory "APS and Motor Skills: Adaptations and Rehabilitations," Faculty of Sports Sciences, Jules Verne Picardie University, Amiens, France

Adnene Gharbi
✉ Laboratory of Cardio-Circulatory, Respiratory, Metabolic and Hormonal Adaptations to the Muscular Exercise, Faculty of Medicine Ibn El Jazzar, 4002, Sousse, Tunisia
Email: adnenegharbi@yahoo.fr
Publish Date
Received: 14-01-2008
Accepted: 22-04-2008
Published (online): 01-06-2008
 
 
ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to assess, the effects of continuous and intermittent exercise training on lactate kinetic parameters and maximal aerobic speed (MAS) using field tests. Twenty-four male sport students were equally divided into continuous (CT) and intermittent (IT) physically trained groups. Another six participants acted as non-trained controls (CG). The trained participants practiced 6-days per week for 6 weeks. Before and after training, all participants completed an incremental exercise test to assess their MAS, and a 30- second supra-maximal exercise followed by 30 minutes of active recovery to determine the individual blood lactate recovery curve. It was found that exercise training has significantly increased MAS (p < 0.001), the lactate exchange and removal abilities as well as the lactate concentrations at the beginning of the recovery ([La]-(0)); for both CT and IT groups; this was accompanied by a significant reduction of the time to lactate-peak. Nevertheless, the improvement in MAS was significantly higher (p < 0.001) post-intermittent (15.1 % ± 2.4) than post-continuous (10.3 % ± 3.2) training. The lactate-exchange and removal abilities were also significantly higher for IT than for CT-group (P<0.05). Moreover, IT-group showed a significantly shorter half-time of the blood lactate (t-½-[La]) than CT-group (7.2 ± 0.5 min vs 7.7 ± 0.3 min, respectively) (p < 0.05). However, no significant differences were observed in peak blood lactate concentration ([La]peak), time to reach [La]peak (t-[La]peak), and [La]-(0) between the two physically-trained groups. We conclude that both continuous and intermittent training exercises were equally effective in improving t-[La]peak and [La]peak, although intermittent training was more beneficial in elevating MAS and in raising the lactate exchange (γ1) and removal (γ2) indexes.

Key words: Biexponential mathematical model, recovery, supra-maximal exercise.


           Key Points
  • Coaches and athletes need to be aware of the potentiality positive effects of exercise intensity.
  • Improvements in physical fitness are associated with a concomitant increase in the lactate removal ability.
  • In order to reduce lactate accumulation and increase maximal aerobic speed maximally, interval training method, with work speeds equal to 90% - 100% of MAS, may be the effective way when compared with continuous training method.
 
 
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