Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season

Cross-country skiing is an extremely demanding and versatile competitive sport. Fairly little is known about changes in basal hormonal concentrations and function of the autonomic nervous system throughout the season. Better understanding about these changes as well as their relationship to changes...

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Päätekijä: Lajunen, Kimmo
Muut tekijät: Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Liikuntabiologian laitos, Department of Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2016
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description Cross-country skiing is an extremely demanding and versatile competitive sport. Fairly little is known about changes in basal hormonal concentrations and function of the autonomic nervous system throughout the season. Better understanding about these changes as well as their relationship to changes in physical performance and training could be useful for designing better training practices and periodization. This study followed 22 national level cross-country skiers (12 men, 10 women) throughout one competitive season. They were tested at the beginning of the season, during the general preparation season, during the specific preparation season and after the competition season for physical performance, serum hormone concentrations and heart rate variability. In addition athletes kept training diaries during the whole study period. Physical performance tests included skating roller-skiing VO2max test on a treadmill, maximal double poling speed (DPvmax) on a treadmill, 30-meter double poling, countermovement jump and bench press. Relationships between changes in physical performance, hormone concentrations, heart rate variability and training variables were also analyzed. Time to exhaustion in the VO2max test (100 %, 105 ± 8 %, 107 ± 7 % and 102 ± 10 %,p=0.002)andinDPvmax test(100%,111±14%,121±14%,115±10%,p< 0.001) increased significantly during the season, while VO2max remained unaltered. In addition 1RM in bench press improved significantly (100 %, 103 ± 4 %, 107 ± 8 %, 103 ± 5 %, p < 0.001). Total testosterone (13.7 ± 4.1 nmol/l, 14.0 ± 3.8 nmol/l, 14.7 ± 3.3 nmol/l, 15.2 ± 3.3 nmol/l, p = 0.034) and free testosterone (290 ± 80 pmol/l, 300 ± 79 pmol/l, 314 ± 75 pmol/l, 325 ± 64 pmol/l, p = 0.049) in men increased significantly during the season. Heart rate variability remained unaltered. During the season total (14.0 ± 4.1 h/w, 13.8 ± 2.9 h/w, 10.8 ± 2.6 h/w, p < 0.001) and low-intensity (11.2 ± 3.8 h/w, 11.2 ± 2.8 h/w, 8.7 ± 2.4 h/w, p < 0.001) training volume decreased and high-intensity (0.21 ± 0.26 h/w, 0.25 ± 0.18 h/w, 0.47 ± 0.22 h/w, p < 0.001) and ski-specific (5.0 ± 2.7 h/w, 5.8 ± 1.8 h/w, 7.2 ± 1.9 h/w, p < 0.001) training volume increased. Changes in total testosterone concentration correlated negatively with changes in the time to exhaustion in VO2max test (e.g. between test 1 and 3 r = -0.70, p = 0.001, n = 19). Low-intensity training volume correlated negatively with changes in the time to exhaustion in DPvmax test (e.g. between tests 2 and 4 r = -0.083, p < 0.001, n = 14). The results of the present study suggest that cross-country skiers can improve their skiing performance before the competition season, but can only maintain the performance during the competition season. A significant increase in testosterone concentration might indicate cumulating training load and fatigue, and be associated with decreased performance. A negative relationships between the low-intensity training volume and changes in time to exhaustion in the treadmill roller-skiing tests suggest that lowering the volume or intensity of low-intensity training during the competition season might be beneficial for improving performance.
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spellingShingle Lajunen, Kimmo Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season Cross-country skiing testosterone cortisol heart rate variability training Valmennus- ja testausoppi Science in Sport Coaching and Fitness Testing 5013 hydrokortisoni hiihto testosteroni harjoittelu syke
title Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season
title_full Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season
title_fullStr Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season
title_full_unstemmed Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season
title_short Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season
title_sort physical performance heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross country skiers throughout the season
title_txtP Physical performance, heart rate variability and hormone concentrations in cross-country skiers throughout the season
topic Cross-country skiing testosterone cortisol heart rate variability training Valmennus- ja testausoppi Science in Sport Coaching and Fitness Testing 5013 hydrokortisoni hiihto testosteroni harjoittelu syke
topic_facet 5013 Cross-country skiing Science in Sport Coaching and Fitness Testing Valmennus- ja testausoppi cortisol harjoittelu heart rate variability hiihto hydrokortisoni syke testosterone testosteroni training
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