Passive versus Active Recovery during High-Intensity Intermittent Exercises

Abstract

The longer time to exhaustion for intermittent exercise alternated with passive recovery could be linked to lower metabolic power. As intermittent exercise alternated with passive recovery is characterized by a slower decline in oxyhemoglobin than during intermittent exercise alternated with active recovery at 40% of .VO2max, it may also allow a higher reoxygenation of myoglobin and a higher phosphorylcreatine resynthesis, and thus contribute to a longer time to exhaustion.

Heart Rate Responses During Small-Sided Games and Short Intermittent Running Training in Elite Soccer Players: A Comparative Study

“…Dupont and Berthoin (17) have shown that the AR could be less efficient than the PR to optimize _ VO 2 max, because of the fact that AR enhances blood lactate removal in comparison with PR (13,24,33). Moreover, PR could allow greater reoxygenation of myoglobin and hemoglobin than AR (18,19). The results of this latter study showed that there were no significant differences between AR and PR concerning blood lactate concentration (12.6 6 1 versus 13.1 6 2.7 mmolÁL 21 ), peak HR (183.3 6 13.9 versus 182.5 6 15 bÁmin 21 ) and average HR (66.6 6 11.9; 165.6 6 14.6 bÁmin 21 , respectively).…”

The Influence of Different Types of Rest on Football Players’ Ability to Repeat Phosphagen Exercise

“…These authors claim that this type of rest break has a beneficial effect on power indicators obtained in subsequent repetitions. In contrast, Dupont et al (2004) show in their study that a 15-second active break (40% VO 2 max) applied after subsequent 15-second efforts (120% VO 2 max) leads to more rapid exhaustion (427 ±118 seconds) than when a 15-second passive break is used. The authors noted that in a test with a passive break the participants performed their work much longer (962 ±314 seconds) (p = 0.001).…”

“…It was lower in the test with an active rest break (14.9 ±1.5 W/kg) than in the test with a passive rest break (15.3 ±1.5 W/ kg) p = 0.02. Dupont et al (2004) point out that the use of active breaks (40% VO 2 max) for supramaximal exercise (120% VO 2 max) will cause its working time to be twice as short as when a passive break is used. Our research shows that during the test with an active break the participants did a lot more work.…”

“…Anaerobic efforts are mostly interrupted by active rest breaks which accelerate the restoration of energy compounds (ATP and PCr), and maintain the alertness of the nervous-muscular system (Chmura, 2001). Dupont, Moalla, Guinhouya, Ahmaidi, Berthoin (2004) believe that during maximal shorttime efforts (<6 seconds), which are separated by a short break (<30 seconds), a passive break is more appropriate for the reconstruction of ATP and PCr, but during an active break the removal of the accumulated lactate from the muscles proceeds faster. Phosphagen training should be planned in such a way as to prepare the player for conditions similar to the match load.…”

The Influence of Various Recovery Modalities on Performance Tasks in Basketball Players

“…sitting) has not been established either. While it has been suggested that passive recovery allows for resynthesis of substrates like phosphocreatine without incurring the extra metabolic costs that active recovery does [4,28], passive recovery has also been associated with blood flow stagnation and muscle stiffness [25,29].…”