PubMed · 1480842
Effect of physical training on breathing pattern during progressive exercise.
Abstract
It has been suggested that physical training causes a slower, deeper breathing pattern at a given level of ventilation, but there is no convincing evidence to support this. We examined breathing pattern during maximal incremental exercise on a cycle ergometer in 7 males before and after 3-4 weeks of cycle endurance training (TRAINING), and in 6 males before and after a similar period of unaltered physical activity (CONTROL); all subjects were healthy and previously sedentary. After physical training there was a significant increase in peak oxygen uptake, and significant reductions in carbon dioxide output, heart rate (fHR) and minute ventilation (VI) at submaximal workloads; peak VI was significantly increased whereas peak fHR was unchanged. At matched VI levels (moderate, moderately-high, high) the TRAINING subjects' breathing pattern was not significantly altered; there was a power of at least 80% to detect a significant (> 0.30 L) increase in tidal volume (P < 0.05) at moderately high and high ventilation levels. There was no change in the CONTROL subjects' maximal exercise performance, or breathing pattern at matched VI levels, over the same period. Short-term, activity-specific physical training does not significantly affect the breathing pattern adopted by normal humans during progressive exercise.
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C McParland, B Krishnan, J Lobo, C G Gallagher. 1992. Effect of physical training on breathing pattern during progressive exercise.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-5687(92)90111-9
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