Exercise for affect and enjoyment in overweight or obese males: a comparison of high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training

Ram, Adrian; Marcos, Lauren; Morey, Robert; Clark, Tomasin; Håkansson, Stefan; Ristov, Michael; Franklin, Aysha; McCarthy, Chris; Carli, Leal De; Jones, Matthew D; Ward, Rachel; Keech, Andrew

doi:10.1080/13548506.2021.1903055

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“…The exercise protocols were not matched for energy expenditure or exercise volume, as they were based on two common/standard exercise protocols (Gillen et al, 2012 ; Little et al, 2011 ; Ram et al, 2021 ; Scott et al, 2019 ) to establish feasibility and generalizability. Each exercise session began with 5 min of quiet, seated rest followed by a 5 min warm‐up (57%–63% HR max ) on a cycle ergometer.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the current study, the standardized exercise sessions were based on commonly used MICT and HIIT protocols. (Gillen et al, 2012;Ram et al, 2021). However, the exercise protocols were not matched for the volume of physical activity as it was greater for MICT (i.e., 64%-76% HR max for 30 min; 240 min per session [MET]) compared with HIIT (i.e., 10 min of ≥90% HR max with 9 min of self-paced recovery; 153 MET).…”

Section: Postexercise Hypoglycemiamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Glycemic response to acute high‐intensity interval versus moderate‐intensity continuous exercise during pregnancy

Wowdzia

Hazell

Davenport

2022

Physiological Reports

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The present study investigated the glycemic response to an acute high‐intensity interval training (HIIT) session (10 one‐minute intervals ≥90% HRmax interspersed with one‐minute of active recovery) versus a moderate‐intensity continuous training (MICT) session (30 min at 64%–76% HRmax) during pregnancy. Twenty‐four normoglycemic females with a singleton pregnancy (27.8 ± 4.7 weeks of gestation, 31.5 ± 4.1 years of age, body mass index: 25.2 ± 11.3) participated in a randomized crossover design study. A flash glucose monitor and accelerometer were worn continuously for 7 days recording glycemic response, physical activity, and sleep. Nutritional intake and enjoyment of the exercise were self‐reported. Average heart rate during exercise was higher for HIIT (82 ± 4% HRmax) compared with MICT (74 ± 4% HRmax; p < 0.001) and participants achieved a peak heart rate of 92 ± 3% during HIIT (range 85%–97% HRmax) compared with 81 ± 4% during MICT (p < 0.001). The change in glucose values from pre‐to‐postexercise were not different between conditions (HIIT: −0.62 ± 1.00 mmol/L; MICT: −0.81 ± 1.05 mmol/L; p = 0.300) with the exception that fewer individuals experienced postexercise hypoglycemia immediately following HIIT compared with MICT (8% versus 33% respectively; p = 0.041). Other glucose variables was not different between exercise protocols. Physical activity (p = 0.07) and caloric intake did not differ (p = 0.10). The majority of participants preferred HIIT (87.5%) and had greater perceived enjoyment compared to MICT (HIIT: 7.8 ± 1.5; MICT: 6.6 ± 2.0; p = 0.015). Sleep duration was 52 ± 73 min longer after participating in HIIT compared with the night prior (main effect for time p = 0.017); no significant changes for MICT. Overall, an acute session of HIIT appears to be well tolerated and demonstrates no adverse effects on maternal glycemic response.

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Section: Postexercise Hypoglycemiamentioning

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Glycemic response to acute high‐intensity interval versus moderate‐intensity continuous exercise during pregnancy

Wowdzia

Hazell

Davenport

2022

Physiological Reports

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“…Low exercise volumes are associated with better feelings of pleasure in HIIT protocols, but they declined in individuals without exercise experience [ 57 , 58 ]. Current evidence shows that HIIT does elicit similar affective levels compared to MICT [ 41 , 45 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 ] and much higher levels compared to high-intensity continuous training in populations with unhealthy body mass [ 63 ]. It is noteworthy that shorter interval bouts (≤30 s), despite the supramaximal intensity, were associated with less aversive affective valence than more prolonged bouts (60–120 s) characterized by the lower intensity in inactive overweight and obese adults [ 63 , 64 ].…”

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Psychological Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Topical Review

Batrakoulis

Fatouros

2022

Sports

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Regular exercise has been reported as a fundamental piece of the management and treatment puzzle of obesity, playing a vital role in numerous psychological indicators. However, it is unclear whether high-intensity interval training (HIIT) can improve critical psychological health markers such as adherence, exercise enjoyment, affective responses, health-related quality of life, anxiety, and depression in overweight and obese adults. The purpose of this topical review was to catalogue studies investigating the psychological responses to HIIT in order to identify what psychological outcomes have been assessed, the research methods used, and the results. The inclusion/exclusion criteria were met by 25 published articles investigating either a traditional, single-component (84%) or a hybrid-type, multi-component (16%) HIIT protocol and involving 930 participants with overweight/obesity. The present topical review on HIIT-induced psychological adaptations shows that this popular exercise mode, but also demanding for the masses, can meaningfully increase the vast majority of the selected mental health-related indices. These improvements seem to be equal if not greater than those observed for moderate-intensity continuous training in overweight and obese adults. However, further research is needed in this area, focusing on the potential mechanisms behind positive alterations in various psychological health parameters through larger samples and high-quality randomized controlled trials.

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“…Surprisingly few studies have paid close attention to enjoyment development and factors affecting it in the long interventions [43]. After all, exercise enjoyment has been seen to change during weeks lasting interventions even when the sessions have been standardized throughout the intervention [12,17,18,27,41,48]. Increased exercise enjoyment is often explained by increased aerobic capacity and the improved self-efficacy followed from increased fitness [17,18,27].…”

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“…Exercise enjoyment has typically improved or been unchanged during exercise intervention [1,17,18,22,27,40,41,46,48,52,53] with one exception [12] in which progressively declining enjoyment was reported in LIT and HIT across the course of the intervention. However, most of these studies used quite conservative total training loads both for LIT and HIT and short work interval lengths in their HIT group (<1 min).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Exercise enjoyment does not predict change in maximal aerobic power during a strenuous 10-week endurance exercise intervention

Matomäki,

Heinonen,

Nummela

et al. 2024

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: Although exercise enjoyment is well studied in behavioral context, its associations to aerobic fitness adaptations during exercise interventions have received less attention. Material and methods: Untrained participants (n = 37, 21 females), cycled either at low intensity (LIT) (n = 18, mean training time 6.7 ± 0.7 h/week) or high intensity (HIT) with 3–7 min working intervals (n = 19, 1.6 ± 0.2 h /week) for 10 weeks. Aerobic capacity, defined as the power associated with maximal oxygen uptake, was the performance outcome. Exercise enjoyment was measured after all exercise sessions during the first and the last week of the intervention. Results: Exercise enjoyment did not predict the change of aerobic capacity (p = 0.93) and was not associated to the weekly perceived exertion (p > 0.20). Mean (95% CI) enjoyment decreased equally (time × group difference p = 0.98, η p 2 < 0.001 \eta _{\rm{p}}^2\, < \,0.001 ) in both groups [LIT: −7 (−13–−1); HIT: −7 (−14–0)]. Conclusions: Overall, enjoyment does not seem to be a suitable method to individualize training for improving aerobic capacity. Further, exercise enjoyment decreased during strenuous exercise intervention, and it is not a variable that affects how participants rate their overall weekly perceived exertion.

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Exercise for affect and enjoyment in overweight or obese males: a comparison of high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

Glycemic response to acute high‐intensity interval versus moderate‐intensity continuous exercise during pregnancy

Glycemic response to acute high‐intensity interval versus moderate‐intensity continuous exercise during pregnancy

Psychological Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Topical Review

Exercise enjoyment does not predict change in maximal aerobic power during a strenuous 10-week endurance exercise intervention

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