Periodisation and High Intensity Interval Training in Endurance Sports: Review

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To asses current scientific literature on periodisation and high intensity interval training (HIIT).To discover modern and scientifically solid ways to implement HIIT in training process.To present a coherent and practical way to execute HIIT during a specific training cycle. . Scientific databases Web of science, Pubmed and Scopus where searched for keywords ''High intensity interval training'' and ''periodisation''. Of articles found only those looking at interconnection of training plan and HIIT, performed on healthy endurance athletes where included in this research.. InInitially after searching for keywords ''High intensity interval training'' and ''periodisation'' more than 4000 articles were found. Of those 6 where selected for this research.Around 2010s we see sufficient evidence to question classical periodisation. Issurin in his PhD thesis shows higher efficiency when block periodisation is used. A 12-week study of amateur cyclists in 2016 suggest no need for periodisation. And in 2019 a case report of most successful female cross country skier further approves this notion. It is polartisation instead.In 2009. Seiler and collegues showed polarisation as an effective method for endurance training. Zone 5 training is cornerstone of polarisation. HIIT is performed in zone 5. As defined by American Collage of Sports medicine in 2014, HIIT lasts from 5s to 5min and is performed at intesity of 80-95 % of maximum heart rate.Today most extensive meta analysis of HIIT was done by Wen and colleagues in 2019. It showed that longer HIIT and with larger total volume are more effective for increasing Vo2 max, which is one of more important predictors of endurance performance.. Polarisation is taking over endurance training and periodisation is loosing its importance.HIIT is cornerstone of polarisation.As there are a lot of HIIT portocols, the best is yet to be determined.
Period29 Mar 2023
Event titleRSU International Research Conference 2023: Knowledge for Use in Practice
Event typeConference
OrganiserRīga Stradiņš University
LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

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