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Participants were allocated into the male or female intervention group and matched for age, body mass index and VO
2 peak. The experimental protocol, itself consisted of familiarization and baseline testing that was followed by a 6 wk training intervention and post-training measurements. Over the course of the 6 week intervention period the subjects hit the gym only
once a week, where they did
- 3x20 s all-out cycling efforts
- against a load corresponding to 0.05 kg/kg body mass,
- separated by 2 min of low intensity cycling (50 W)
The exercise was performed on an electronically braked ergometer (Veletron, RacerMate, Seattle, WA, USA). With the obligatory 2 min warm-up and 3 min cool-down at 50 W, the sessions lasted 10 minutes. That's more than just three minutes, but if you think about the exhausting part of the workout, only, it's actually not a three, not a ten, but a
one minute workout.
