Physiological effects of constant versus variable power during endurance cycling

The purpose of this study was to determine whether variable power (VP) cycling produced greater physiological stress than constant power (CP) cycling of the same mean intensity. Conclusion: During a strenuous 1-h effort (78% of VO2max), subjects experienced no additional physiological stress by varying power ± 5% compared with that during a constant power effort.
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Notations:endurance sports biological and medical sciences
Published in:Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Language:English
Published: 1999
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10527322&dopt=Abstract
Volume:31
Issue:10
Pages:1472-1477
Document types:article
Level:advanced