Abstract
Purpose
To quantify the effects of prolonged cycling on the rate of ventilation (\({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\)), frequency of respiration (FR), and tidal volume (VT) associated with the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition.
Methods
Fourteen endurance-trained cyclists and triathletes (one female) completed an assessment of the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition, determined as the first ventilatory threshold (VT1), before (PRE) and after (POST) two hours of moderate-intensity cycling. The power output, \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\), FR, and VT associated with VT1 were determined PRE and POST.
Results
As previously reported, power output at VT1 significantly decreased by ~ 10% from PRE to POST. The \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) associated with VT1 was unchanged from PRE to POST (72 ± 12 vs. 69 ± 13 L.min−1, ∆ − 3 ± 5 L.min−1, ∆ − 4 ± 8%, P = 0.075), and relatively consistent (within-subject coefficient of variation, 5.4% [3.7, 8.0%]). The \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) associated with VT1 was produced with increased FR (27.6 ± 5.8 vs. 31.9 ± 6.5 breaths.min−1, ∆ 4.3 ± 3.1 breaths.min−1, ∆ 16 ± 11%, P = 0.0002) and decreased VT (2.62 ± 0.43 vs. 2.19 ± 0.36 L.breath−1, ∆ − 0.44 ± 0.22 L.breath−1, ∆ − 16 ± 7%, P = 0.0002) in POST.
Conclusion
These data suggest prolonged exercise shifts ventilatory parameters at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition, but \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) remains stable. Real-time monitoring of \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) may be a useful means of assessing proximity to the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition during prolonged exercise and is worthy of further research.
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Introduction
Power output at the boundaries between the moderate, heavy, and severe intensity domains are routinely used to assess performance capability, regulate training load and competition intensities, and to quantify adaptations to training (Burnley and Jones 2018; Jones et al. 2019; Maunder et al. 2021). However, we and others have observed that the power outputs observed at these intensity transitions decreases over time during prolonged exercise (Clark et al. 2018a, 2019a, b; Stevenson et al. 2022). This has implications for the application of physiological profiling data collected in well-rested athletes to prolonged training sessions (Maunder et al. 2021).
Identification of a physiological marker that changes over time during prolonged exercise in accordance with changes in the intensity domain transitions would be useful for within-session intensity regulation, and could result in a more precise calculation of training intensity distribution (Maunder et al. 2021). We previously observed that the classic upward drift in heart rate during prolonged cycling was proportionally greater than the downward drift in power output at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition (Stevenson et al. 2022). This indicates that the heart rate observed at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition during a physiological profiling assessment in a well-rested athlete may not provide useful information regarding the athlete’s proximity to the transition following multiple hours of exercise. Therefore, investigation of other markers of exercise intensity for this purpose are warranted.
Expired minute ventilation (\({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\)), and its underlying parameters respiratory frequency (FR) and tidal volume (VT), can be measured non-invasively by endurance athletes in real-time (Clarenbach et al. 2005; Witt et al. 2006; Nicolò et al. 2017b). These ventilatory parameters are highly-responsive to exercise intensity (Nicolò et al. 2017a, 2018). The \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) and FR typically rise linearly with exercise intensity up to the respiratory compensation point, after which non-linear increases occur; whereas VT typically plateaus at higher intensities (Nicolò et al. 2020). There is emerging suggestion that VT may be regulated primarily by stimulation of central and peripheral chemoreceptors and skeletal muscle metaboreceptors by exercise-induced changes in CO2, pH, and skeletal muscle metabolites, whereas FR may be primarily regulated by fast inputs such as group III/IV muscle afferents and central command (Tipton et al. 2017; Nicolò et al. 2020). Accordingly, monitoring changes in ventilatory parameters during exercise may have the potential to provide endurance athletes with useful information regarding their physiological status in real-time. This contention is further supported by the upward drift in ventilatory parameters that may be observed during prolonged, constant-work rate exercise (Phillips et al. 2016; Katagiri et al. 2023). If prolonged exercise-induced changes in these ventilatory parameters align with prolonged exercise-induced changes in the intensity domain transitions; that is, if one or more ventilatory parameters coincident with the intensity domain transitions remains constant over time during prolonged exercise, despite reductions in external work rates achieved at the transition, then monitoring ventilatory parameters during exercise may provide athletes with useful information regarding their real-time proximity to the intensity domain transitions.
Accordingly, the purpose of the present investigation was to quantify the effects of prolonged cycling on the \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\), FR, and VT associated with the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition. The data presented here were collected as part of a previously-published study (Stevenson et al. 2022).
Methods
Ethical approval
This study was performed in accordance with the standards of the Declaration of Helsinki, 2013. The Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee approved all procedures (21/253), and all participants provided written informed consent prior to participation. This study was not registered in a database. Data associated with this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Participants
Fourteen endurance-trained cyclists and triathletes took part in the present investigation (13 males, 1 female; age, 34 ± 10 y; height, 178.1 ± 5.6 cm; mass, 71.2 ± 6 kg; peak oxygen uptake [\({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2peak], 59.9 ± 6.8 mL.kg−1.min−1; training volume, 9 ± 3 h.week−1). A priori sample size estimation indicated that a total sample size of 15 was required to detect a large magnitude (ES = 0.7) reduction in power output at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition with 80% statistical power using the G*Power software package. A large magnitude effect size was used for this calculation based on previous studies showing the effect of prolonged exercise on the heavy-to-severe intensity transition (Clark et al. 2018b, 2019a, b). A one-tailed test was used as it seemed implausible that the moderate-to-heavy intensity power output would increase following acute prolonged exercise. One participant dropped out of the study. All participants were free of recent (< 3 months) musculoskeletal injury and chronic disease and habitually training > 5 h.week−1 in cycling-based endurance sports.
Study design
The data presented here were collected as part of a previously-published study (Stevenson et al. 2022). Briefly, participants reported to the laboratory following an overnight fast on two occasions: (i) a characterisation trial for measurement of \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2peak and initial estimation of the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition, (ii) a prolonged trial for measurement of the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition before and after two hours of cycling at 90% of the initial estimate of the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition. The first ventilatory threshold (VT1) was used as the marker of the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition.
Characterisation trial
Participants initially reported to the laboratory for an incremental cycling test. Participants arrived after a 10-h overnight fast having refrained from vigorous exercise for 24 h and having ingested ~ 1 L of plain water ~ 2 h beforehand. Height and body mass was first measured. Cycling subsequently commenced on an electromagnetically-braked ergometer at 95 W, and the power output initially increased by 35 W every 3 min (Excalibur Sport, Lode BV, Groningen, NET). Expired gases were collected continuously using indirect calorimetry (TrueOne 2400, ParvoMedics, UT, USA). Once the respiratory exchange ratio exceeded 1.0 and clear signs of increased \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\).\({\dot{\text{V}}}\) O2−1 emerged, power output was increased by 35 W every minute until task failure. The \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2peak was identified as the highest 15-s average \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2, and VT1 was identified as the \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2 at which a systematic rise in \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\).\({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2−1 occurred. This \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2 was converted to a power output by linear fit of the power output vs. \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2 relationship, using the last minute of \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2 data from each 3-min stage.
Prolonged trial
Participants arrived for the prolonged trial after a 10-h overnight fast, having refrained from vigorous exercise for 24 h, and having ingested ~ 1 L of plain water ~ 2 h beforehand. Following measurement of body mass, the experimental trial commenced on the same electromagnetically-braked ergometer as the initial assessment with a 5-min warm-up at 100 W, followed by a five-stage incremental assessment to determine the power output and heart rate at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition (PRE). The incremental test began with 4-min at 50 W below the previously estimated VT1 power output, and power output increased by 25 W per increment. Expired gases were measured continuously during the incremental test (TrueOne 2400, ParvoMedics, UT, USA; Tickr, Wahoo Fitness, Atlanta, USA). Participants then cycled for 5 min at 100 W, and then at 90% of the previously estimated power output at VT1 for 2 h. Participants consumed plain water ad libitum. Following the two-hour constant work-rate phase, participants again cycled for 5 min at 100 W before repeating the five-step incremental exercise assessment (POST).
The moderate-to-heavy intensity transitions in PRE and POST were estimated using the VT1 method in accordance with the procedures described above for the initial assessment. The \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2 at VT1 was converted to a power output by linear fit of the power output vs. \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2 relationship, using the last minute of \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O2 data from each of the five 4-min stages. The VT1 was then matched to a corresponding \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\), FR, and VT value by linear fit of the relationship between these variables and power output using the last minute of data from each stage. The linear fit of individual \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) (R2 = 0.977 ± 0.015), FR (R2 = 0.927 ± 0.061), and VT (R2 = 0.829 ± 0.278) against power output curves were strong.
The validity of our VT1 data for estimating the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition is supported by its alignment with the blood lactate-derived LoglogLT estimate (within-subject coefficient or variation, ~ 6.9%) and lack of significant difference between VT1 and LoglogLT (P = 0.18), as reported in our previous publication related to this data collection (Stevenson et al. 2022). Specifically, we collected capillary blood lactate samples in the last 30-s of each stage, and the blood lactate concentration vs. power output relationship was used to quantify LoglogLT. The LoglogLT method models a blood lactate concentration vs. power output curve using two segments, and the intersection point of the two lines with the lowest residuals sum of squares is taken as the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition (Jamnick et al. 2018). Whilst no accepted gold-standard estimate of the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition exists, the alignment of these two separate estimates supports their validity.
Statistical analysis
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD), unless otherwise stated. Normality of data distributions were assessed using the Shapiro–Wilk test. The effect of prolonged exercise on VT1, expressed as power output (previously reported (Stevenson et al. 2022)), \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\), FR, and VT, was assessed using paired t-tests (or non-parametric equivalents). These analyses were performed in GraphPad Prism Version 9.3.1. The consistency of values between PRE and POST was assessed using within-subject coefficient of variation (CV) statistics calculated using the within-standard deviation method and Pearsons’s product-moment correlations, both expressed with 95% confidence intervals. These analyses were performed in R (version 4.4.0) with RStudio (version 1.1463). Significance was inferred when P ≤ 0.05.
Results
Power output at VT1 significantly decreased from PRE to POST (217 ± 42 W vs. 196 ± 42 W, ∆ − 21 ± 12 W, ∆ − 10 ± 6%, P < 0.001) (Stevenson et al. 2022). During the moderate-intensity, constant-work rate phase between PRE and POST, \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) (P = 0.065), FR (P = 0.068), and VT (P = 0.266) did not significantly change with time (Fig. 1). The \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) at VT1 was unchanged from PRE to POST (72 ± 12 vs. 69 ± 13 L.min−1, ∆ − 3 ± 5 L.min−1, ∆ − 4 ± 8%, P = 0.075, Fig. 2a), whereas FR at VT1 increased (27.6 ± 5.8 vs. 31.9 ± 6.5 breaths.min−1, ∆ 4.3 ± 3.1 breaths.min−1, ∆ 16 ± 11%, P < 0.001, Fig. 2b) and VT decreased (2.62 ± 0.43 vs. 2.19 ± 0.36 L.breath−1, ∆ − 0.44 ± 0.22 L.breath−1, ∆ − 16 ± 7%, P < 0.001, Fig. 2c) from PRE to POST. The within-subject CV for \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) at VT1 between PRE and POST was 5.4% (3.7, 8.0%), and the PRE and POST values were strongly associated (r = 0.928 [0.782, 0.977], P < 0.001) (Fig. 3). Data from a representative participant is shown in Fig. 4.
Discussion
The aim of the present investigation was to assess the effect of prolonged exercise on the \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\), and its underlying parameters FR and VT, associated with the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition. Our primary observations were, concomitant with a reduction in the power output associated with the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition: (i) the \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) associated with the transition was unchanged, whilst (ii) the associated FR increased and (iii) VT decreased. These data suggest that real-time monitoring of \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) may be a useful means of assessing proximity to the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition during prolonged exercise.
We previously observed that the heart rate associated with the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition increased following prolonged cycling (Stevenson et al. 2022). These data indicated that heart rate thresholds, measured in traditional, well-rested athlete physiological profiling assessments, may not readily translate to prolonged exercise. Specifically, adherence to heart rate zones derived from well-rested athlete physiological profiling assessments may risk undertraining an athlete during prolonged exercise as the heart rate associated with the intensity transition drifts upwards over time. Here we present evidence that \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) may be an alternative physiological metric that can be used to provide information regarding the proximity to the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition during exercise, as the \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) associated with the transition was unchanged following prolonged cycling. Whilst not statistically significant (P = 0.075), our data does show a numeric decrease in the \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) associated with VT1 from PRE to POST (Fig. 2a). However, even if this effect was statistically significant, we consider this numeric reduction to be practically insignificant in terms of magnitude (∆ − 4 ± 8%), given the reported day-to-day variation associated with gas exchange-derived estimates of \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) (~ 4–7%) (Carter and Jeukendrup 2002). Therefore, estimates of the \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) associated with the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition during traditional physiological profiling assessments may translate effectively to prolonged exercise, and therefore to within-session intensity regulation and calculation of training intensity distribution. That is, if an athlete’s moderate-to-heavy intensity transition power output in a well-rested physiological assessment is determined as 215 W with a concomitant \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) of 70 L.min−1, our data suggests their moderate-to-heavy intensity transition power output after prolonged exercise may fall, but the \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) at the moderate-to-heavy transition would remain constant at 70 L.min−1. Therefore, if this athlete intends to undertake a prolonged training session in the moderate domain, they could guide their effort according to keeping \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) below 70 L.min−1, although the values used in practice should acknowledge the day-to-day variation in exercise \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\).
Our observation that \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) is tightly linked with physiologically-based intensity domain transitions is highly-plausible, given the physiological stresses associated with increased exercise intensity regulate \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) (Tipton et al. 2017; Nicolò et al. 2020). For example, transition from the moderate to heavy intensity domain sees perturbations in muscle metabolic homeostasis, including increased lactate and H+ accumulation and depletion of PCr stores (Black et al. 2017). Disturbed muscle metabolic homeostasis drives hyperpnoea via stimulation of muscle metaboreceptors (Piepoli et al. 1995; Stickland et al. 2013). The increased FR and decreased VT used to produce the constant rate of \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition in POST vs. PRE might reflect fatigue in the respiratory musculature, and therefore a shift in the most efficient ventilatory pattern to produce a given rate of \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\), following prolonged exercise. This would align with the so-called ‘principle of minimal effort’ (Otis et al. 1950; Mead 1960), but requires examination in specific work to be confirmed.
The translation of these data to practical settings requires wearable technology that can accurately and reliably measure ventilatory parameters during training. Several technologies exist that allow for accurate estimation of FR in real-time during exercise (Nicolò et al. 2017b), including through sensors embedded in straps or clothes sensitive to thoracic or abdominal strain (Hailstone and Kilding 2011; Kim et al. 2013; Liu et al. 2013; Villar et al. 2015), or ventilation-induced changes in the electrocardiogram or photoplethysmography signals (Bailón et al. 2006; Meredith et al. 2012; Schumann et al. 2016). Respiratory-inductive plethysmography has been used to estimate FR, VT and \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\), with some success (Clarenbach et al. 2005; Witt et al. 2006). Therefore, development of technologies that can be used by endurance athletes to estimate real-time \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) during exercise, with data integrated onto bicycle computers and/or smart watches such that it can be viewed in real-time, may allow for improved within-session intensity regulation when coupled with quantification of the \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) associated with the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition during routine physiological profiling assessments. However, as indicated above, intensity-related decisions using measurements of \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) in practice would need to acknowledge the day-to-day variation in exercise \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) measured using said device.
Additionally, translation of these data to applied settings requires further research to address the limitations of our study. For example, our observations are specific to our exercise protocol; that is, a submaximal incremental test followed by two hours of initially moderate-intensity exercise. It is possible that the main effects observed here do not translate to intermittent or higher-intensity exercise protocols, or longer exercise durations. Similarly, our data were collected during exercise in a fasted state without feeding during exercise, and (primarily) in male athletes. Thus, further research is warranted to determine if \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition remains constant over time during prolonged exercise across a broader range of ecologically-valid exercise scenarios.
In summary, the data presented here indicate that real-time monitoring of \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) during prolonged exercise might provide a useful means of assessing proximity to the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition. This would require prior assessment of the \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) associated with the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition during routine physiological profiling assessments, and technologies that allow accurate, real-time monitoring of \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) during exercise.
Data availability
Data is available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Abbreviations
- FR :
-
Frequency of respiration
- HR:
-
Heart rate
- \({\dot{\text{V}}\text{CO}}_{{2}}\) :
-
Rate of carbon dioxide production
- \({\dot{\text{V}}}_{{\text{E}}}\) :
-
Expired minute ventilation
- \({\dot{\text{V}}\text{O}}_{{2}}\) :
-
Rate of oxygen consumption
- \({\dot{\text{V}}\text{O}}_{{2}} {\text{peak}}\) :
-
Peak rate of oxygen consumption
- VT :
-
Tidal volume
- VT1 :
-
First ventilatory threshold
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Stevenson, J.D., Kilding, A.E., Plews, D.J. et al. Prolonged exercise shifts ventilatory parameters at the moderate-to-heavy intensity transition. Eur J Appl Physiol 124, 309–315 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-023-05285-2
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