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Fitness Effects of 10-Month Frequent Low-Volume Ball Game Training or Interval Running for 8-10-Year-Old School Children.


ABSTRACT: We investigated the exercise intensity and fitness effects of frequent school-based low-volume high-intensity training for 10 months in 8-10-year-old children. 239 Danish 3rd-grade school children from four schools were cluster-randomised into a control group (CON, n = 116) or two training groups performing either 5 × 12?min/wk small-sided football plus other ball games (SSG, n = 62) or interval running (IR, n = 61). Whole-body DXA scans, flamingo balance, standing long-jump, 20?m sprint, and Yo-Yo IR1 children's tests (YYIR1C) were performed before and after the intervention. Mean running velocity was higher (p < 0.05) in SSG than in IR (0.88 ± 0.14 versus 0.63 ± 0.20?m/s), while more time (p < 0.05) was spent in the highest player load zone (>2; 5.6 ± 3.4 versus 3.7 ± 3.4%) and highest HR zone (>90% HRmax; 12.4 ± 8.9 versus 8.4 ± 8.0%) in IR compared to SSG. After 10 months, no significant between-group differences were observed for YYIR1C performance and HR after 2?min of YYIR1C (HRsubmax), but median-split analyses showed that HRsubmax was reduced (p < 0.05) in both training groups compared to CON for those with the lowest aerobic fitness (SSG versus CON: 3.2%??HRmax [95% CI: 0.8-5.5]; IR versus CON: 2.6%??HRmax [95% CI: 1.1-5.2]). After 10 months, IR had improved (p < 0.05) 20?m sprint performance (IR versus CON: 154?ms [95% CI: 61-241]). No between-group differences (p > 0.05) were observed for whole-body or leg aBMD, lean mass, postural balance, or jump length. In conclusion, frequent low-volume ball games and interval running can be conducted over a full school year with high intensity rate but has limited positive fitness effects in 8-10-year-old children.

SUBMITTER: Larsen MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5337793 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fitness Effects of 10-Month Frequent Low-Volume Ball Game Training or Interval Running for 8-10-Year-Old School Children.

Larsen Malte Nejst MN   Nielsen Claus Malta CM   Ørntoft Christina C   Randers Morten Bredsgaard MB   Helge Eva Wulff EW   Madsen Mads M   Manniche Vibeke V   Hansen Lone L   Hansen Peter Riis PR   Bangsbo Jens J   Krustrup Peter P  

BioMed research international 20170219


We investigated the exercise intensity and fitness effects of frequent school-based low-volume high-intensity training for 10 months in 8-10-year-old children. 239 Danish 3rd-grade school children from four schools were cluster-randomised into a control group (CON, <i>n</i> = 116) or two training groups performing either 5 × 12 min/wk small-sided football plus other ball games (SSG, <i>n</i> = 62) or interval running (IR, <i>n</i> = 61). Whole-body DXA scans, flamingo balance, standing long-jump  ...[more]

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