A Comparison between Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing and Indoor Cycling on Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Response

• Published in: Journal of sports science & medicine Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 184 - 195
• Main Authors: Stöggl, Thomas, Schwarzl, Christoph, Müller, Edith E, Nagasaki, Masaru, Stöggl, Julia, Scheiber, Peter, Schönfelder, Martin, Niebauer, Josef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkey Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 01.03.2016; Uludag University
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Biomechanics; Blood glucose; Blood sugar; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; College professors; Cross country skiing; Diabetes; Downhill skiing; Employment; Energy; Exercise intensity; Exercise physiology; Health aspects; Heart beat; Heart rate; Kinesiology; Medicine; Metabolism; Physical fitness; Sport science; Sports injuries; Winter; Austria; gender; cross-country skiing; oxygen uptake; cycling; blood lactate; energy expenditure; Borg; fitness level

Since physical inactivity especially prevails during winter months, we set out to identify outdoor alternatives to indoor cycling (IC) by comparing the metabolic and cardiorespiratory responses during alpine skiing (AS), cross-country skiing (XCS) and IC and analyse the effects of sex, age and fitne...