Twice-a-day training improves mitochondrial efficiency, but not mitochondrial biogenesis, compared with once-daily training

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Journal of Applied Physiology

ISSN

1522-1601

Volume

127

Issue

3

First Page

713

Last Page

725

PubMed ID

31246557

Publisher

American Physiological Society

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

31362

Funders

Funding information available at: https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00060.2019

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Ghiarone, T., Andrade-Souza, V. A., Learsi, S. K., Tomazini, F., Ataide-Silva, T., Sansonio, A., ... Bishop, D. J. (2019). Twice-a-day training improves mitochondrial efficiency, but not mitochondrial biogenesis, compared with once-daily training. Journal of Applied Physiology, 127(3), 713-725. Available here

Abstract

Exercise training performed with lowered muscle glycogen stores can amplify adaptations related to oxidative metabolism, but it is not known if this is affected by the “train-low” strategy used (i.e., once-daily versus twice-a-day training). Fifteen healthy men performed 3 wk of an endurance exercise (100-min) followed by a high-intensity interval exercise 2 (twice-a-day group, n = 8) or 14 h (once-daily group, n = 7) later; therefore, the second training session always started with low muscle glycogen in both groups. Mitochondrial efficiency (state 4 respiration) was improved only for the twice-a-day group (group × training interaction, P < 0.05). However, muscle citrate synthase activity, mitochondria, and lipid area in intermyofibrillar and subsarcolemmal regions, and PGC1α, PPARα, and electron transport chain relative protein abundance were not altered with training in either group (P > 0.05). Markers of aerobic fitness (e.g., peak oxygen uptake) were increased, and plasma lactate, O2 cost, and rating of perceived exertion during a 100-min exercise task were reduced in both groups, although the reduction in rating of perceived exertion was larger in the twice-a-day group (group × time × training interaction, P < 0.05). These findings suggest similar training adaptations with both training low approaches; however, improvements in mitochondrial efficiency and perceived effort seem to be more pronounced with twice-a-day training.

NEW & NOTEWORTHY We assessed, for the first time, the differences between two “train-low” strategies (once-daily and twice-a-day) in terms of training-induced molecular, functional, and morphological adaptations. We found that both strategies had similar molecular and morphological adaptations; however, only the twice-a-day strategy increased mitochondrial efficiency and had a superior reduction in the rating of perceived exertion during a constant-load exercise compared with once-daily training. Our findings provide novel insights into skeletal muscle adaptations using the “train-low” strategy.

DOI

10.1152/japplphysiol.00060.2019

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