IntroduçãoO exercício aeróbio pode ser realizado em diferentes domínios de intensidade, nos quais as respostas da concentração de lactato sanguíneo ([La]) e do consumo de oxigênio (VO 2 ) apresentam comportamentos bem característicos POOLE, 1996; CARTER et al., 2002;WHIPP et al., 2005;BURNLEY, 2009 (POOLE et al., 1990;WHIPP et al., 2005), e em valores acima do predito pela relação VO 2 x carga ((POOLE et al., 1988) Motriz, Rio Claro, v.19 n.2, p.412-422, abr./jun. 2013 ) e relativo ao aumento do VO 2 em exercício (GT: 10,04,6% vs. GNT: 26,67,3%) foram menores para GT. O VO 2 ao final do exercício (GT: 89,88,4%VO 2 max vs. GNT: 97,42,8%VO 2 max) foi significativamente menor no grupo GT ( = 0,045), sendo similar ao VO 2 max no grupo GNT. Portanto, o nível de aptidão aeróbia pode influenciar as respostas do VO 2 ao exercício em PC. Palavras-chave: Ciclistas. Aptidão aeróbia. Exercício pesado.
VO 2 Kinetics during exercise performed at critical power in cyclists and untrained individuals
Abstract:The objective was to analyze the oxygen uptake (VO 2 ) kinetics during exercise performed at critical power (CP) in subjects with different aerobic status in cycling. Six trained cyclists (GT) and seven non-trained subjects (GNT) underwent to the following protocols in cyclergometer: (a) incremental to exhaustion to determine VO 2 max and its respective workload (IVO 2 max); b) three square-wave tests to exhaustion at 95-110% IVO 2 max to determine CP, and; (c) one square-wave test to exhaustion at 100%CP. During the exercise at CP the slow component expressed as absolute value (GT: 342.4165.8 ml.min -1 vs. GNT: 571.3170.1 ml.min -1 ) and as the relative contribution to the increase of VO 2 during exercise (GT: 10.04.6% vs. GNT: 26.67.3%) were lower for trained subjects. The VO 2 at the end of the exercise at PC (GT: 89.88.4%VO 2 max vs. GNT: 97.42.8%VO 2 max) was significantly lower in GT ( = 0.045), and similar to VO 2 max in GNT. Therefore, the aerobic level might influence the VO 2 responses to exercise at PC