title: Inspiratory resistive loading after all-out exercise improves subsequent performance.
abstract: We have previously shown that post-exercise inspiratory resistive loading (IRL) reduces blood lactate ([Lac(b)(-)]). In this study, we tested the hypothesis that IRL during recovery could improve subsequent exercise performance. Eight healthy men underwent, on different days, two sequential 30-s, cycle ergometer Wingate tests. During the 10-min recovery period from test 1, subjects breathed freely or through an inspiratory resistance (15 cm H(2)O) with passive leg recovery. Arterialized [Lac(b)(-)] values, perceptual scores (Borg), cardiac output by impedance cardiography (QT), and changes in the deoxygenation status of the M. vastus lateralis by near-infrared spectroscopy (DeltaHHb), were recorded. [Lac(b)(-)] was significantly reduced after 4 min of recovery with IRL (peak [Lac(b)(-)] 12.5 +/- 2.3 mmol l(-1) with free-breathing vs. 9.8 +/- 1.5 mmol l(-1) with IRL). Effort perception was reduced during late recovery with IRL compared with free-breathing. Cardiac work was increased with IRL, since heart rate and QT were elevated during late recovery. Peripheral muscle reoxygenation, however, was significantly impaired with IRL, suggesting that post-exercise convective O(2) delivery to the lower limbs was reduced. Importantly, IRL had a dual effect on subsequent performance, i.e., improvement in peak and mean power, but increased fatigue index (P < 0.05). Our data demonstrate that IRL after a Wingate test reduces post-exercise effort perception and improves peak power on subsequent all-out maximal-intensity exercise.
authors.affiliation: Exercise Pathophysiology Research Laboratory, Cardiology Division, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-007, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gaspar R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Chiappa
authors.forename: Jorge P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Cristiano N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Paulo J C
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dubas
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Queiroga
authors.forename: Laura D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.forename: Antonio C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: J Alberto
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Neder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation / Q000502:physiology*; D007320:Inspiratory Capacity; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010807:Physical Endurance; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid