Acute physiological responses during high intensity interval training and continuous exercise training

The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between improvements in aerobic and anaerobic power with various acute physiological responses, including blood lactate accumulation (HLa), percent heart rate reserve (%HRR), Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE), session RPE (sRPE), and the training impulse (TRIMP) during high intensity interval training (HIIT) compared to moderate intensity interval training and continuous training. Fifty-five subjects aged 18 to 29 completed a pre and post VO2max and Wingate test on the cycle ergometer. Subjects completed 24 sessions of either a steady-state exercise control at 90% of the power output (PO) at the ventilatory threshold (VT), a Meyer interval protocol with 30:60 seconds exercise-to-rest ratio at 100% of peak power output (PPO), or a Tabata interval protocol with 20:10 seconds exercise-to-rest ratio at 170% of VO2max.