title: Exercise responses to in-line skating: comparisons to running and cycling.
abstract: A comparison of the physiological responses to in-line skating with the more traditional modes of exercise training has not been reported. The purpose of this study was to examine the physiological responses to in-line skating compared with running and cycling. Nine trained volunteers (2 male, 7 female) performed 3-6 submaximal (30-90% VO2max) workloads with each exercise mode. Oxygen uptake, heart rate and blood lactate were measured during each trial. Across the spectrum of oxygen uptakes studied, heart rate was higher with in-line skating than with cycling or running. At a lactate concentration of 4 mM, oxygen uptake was less for in-line skating and cycling than for running. Therefore, while in-line skating may be an effective mode of aerobic exercise, the training adaptations for in-line skating at 4 mM lactate may not be as great as for running, and at a given HR may be less than for running and cycling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Kinetics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53201.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: O'Hagan
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Clifford
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*; D012861:Skating / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates