Predicting Twenty-Minute Power from Five Five-Minute Intervals in Competitive Cyclists
The purpose of this research project was to compare the power achieved during five five-minute intervals and one twenty-minute effort. Five five-minute intervals is a commonly used workout for competitive cyclists who periodically replace a workout with one twenty-minute effort to obtain important i...
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| Published in: | Medicine and science in sports and exercise Vol. 44; no. 5S; p. 756 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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01-05-2012
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| Summary: | The purpose of this research project was to compare the power achieved during five five-minute intervals and one twenty-minute effort. Five five-minute intervals is a commonly used workout for competitive cyclists who periodically replace a workout with one twenty-minute effort to obtain important information about power, but at the expense of a more productive workout. Nine cyclists competing at the category 3 level or above completed five five-minute intervals (5x5) separated by five minutes of recovery between intervals and one twentyminute effort of continuous exercise (1x20) in separate exercise sessions in a random order on a Velotron computerized cycler ergometer. Correlating the average 5x5 (327.78+ or -31.70 W) with the average 1x20 (309.66+ or -30.28 W) in units of Watts resulted in a correlation coefficient of 0.9650 along with the following prediction equation: Average 1x20 (W) = 0.9218 [Average 5x5 (W)] + 7.5162. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
| ISSN: | 0195-9131 |