Join a FREE 4-week High-Intensity Training Program
The Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Department is conducting a study aimed at examining the effects of a 4-week high-intensity cycling training program, followed by a 3-week recovery period. We want to better understand the body’s response to periods of intensified training!
We are looking for healthy adults (ages 18-50) who are:
- Recreationally active
- Free from cardiovascular or pulmonary diseases
- Able to exercise consistently five days per week for 4 weeks
In this study, you will:
- Exercise regularly (5 days a week) for 4 weeks (Group 1) AND
- Be tracked for recovery (once weekly) for 3 weeks (Group 1) or
- Come in once a week for exercise and lung function testing for 7 weeks (Group 2)
- Undergo exercise testing and body composition assessment (BodPod)
- Regularly fill out questionnaires concerning your health and mood
- Regularly provide blood, urine, and induced sputum samples
- Regularly have your lung function assessed
Upon recruitment, subjects will be immediately randomized into either group1 or into group 2. Group 2 subjects will be asked to come in once a week for 7 weeks for exercise and lung function testing. Outside of testing days, group 2 subjects will be asked to maintain a normal and consistent lifestyle of exercise habits.
For more information about the study, please contact either:
- Eric Pitman at eric.pitman@wsu.edu
- Hans Haverkamp at (509)-368-6912 or hans.haverkamp@wsu.edu
This study has been approved for human subject participation by the Washington State University Institutional Review Board (IRB18860)
