Comparative Effects of Aerobic Training and Erythropoietin on Oxygen Uptake in Untrained Humans

Peter Sieljacks, Line Thams, Birgitte Nellemann, Mads Sørensen Larsen, Kristian Vissing, Britt Christensen

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Abstract

The present study examines responses to 10 weeks of aerobic training and/or erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) treatment on maximal oxygen uptake ((V) over dotO(2)max). Thirty-six healthy, untrained men were randomly assigned to sedentary-placebo (n = 9), sedentary-ESA (SE) (n = 9), training-placebo (TP) (n = 10), or training-ESA (TE) (n = 8). The participants were treated subcutaneously once weekly with ESA (darbepoietin-alpha, week 1-3; 40 mu g and week 4-10; 20 mu g) or a placebo for 10 weeks. The training consisted of supervised cycling 3 times per week for 1 hour at an average of 65% of maximal watt, with a progressive overload during the intervention period. (V) over dotO(2)max, wattmax, and hematological values were measured throughout the study. In addition, the total training workload and estimated energy consumption were recorded after each training session. ESA treatment increased hemoglobin (similar to 11 and similar to 14%, p <0.001) and hematocrit (similar to 12 and similar to 13%, p <0.001) in the SE and TE groups, respectively. The relative (but not absolute) increases in (V) over dotO(2)max were more pronounced (p <0.01) in TE (27 +/- 6%), compared with SE (15 +/- 4%) but not TP (19 +/- 4%), indicating that training is superior to ESA in stimulating (V) over dotO(2)max in untrained men. The increased oxygen uptake in the TE group did not result in higher absolute training workloads than in the TP group. In untrained men, training exhibits a greater stimulus for improvements in (V) over dotO(2)max than ESA treatment, without pronounced additive effects, which is supported by similar average training workloads and energy consumption in TP and TE. Thus, in untrained men, training alone seems sufficient to induce improvement in (V) over dotO(2)max.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Strength and Conditioning Research
Vol/bind30
Nummer8
Sider (fra-til)2307-2317
Antal sider11
ISSN1064-8011
DOI
StatusUdgivet - aug. 2016

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