Desgaste e recuperação fisiológica de ciclistas após sessão de treino de longa duração

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the physiological stress caused by a long-lasting road cycling training session and the recovery for the continuity of training of these athletes. For this, two men cyclists with at least three years of experience in the mode have conducted a training session called Longo (High-volume training) on the last day of training of the week. The session was composed of 80 Km of pedaling with average speed of 30,1km/h. Before and 48 hours after, they responded to a psychometric test that indicates the subjective degree of humor and performed a test for determining the nerve activity autonomic, before, 60 minutes after and 48 hours after training. The data is presented in a descriptive manner. The two cyclists presented a reduction of nerve activity parasympathetic 1h after the training session. 48 hours after, they were with worsening state of humor and had not reestablished the parasympathetic activity of resting. It concludes that a training session with an 80 km route is sufficiently capable of promoting parasympathetic change indicating physiological wear and even 48 hours are not sufficient for complete restoration.