Abstract
Background
Endurance athletes face the challenge of sustaining performance while managing cumulative fatigue during half marathons and ultra-marathons while the evaluation of muscular fatigue resistance in endurance runners is essential to optimize training and race-day performance. This study aimed to assess the validity of total work measured during the continuous vertical jump test (CVJT) as an alternative to Wingate anaerobic power test (WAnT) and isokinetic fatigue test (ISO FAT) for evaluating muscular fatigue resistance and to test whether these measures correlated to race performance during half marathon (HM) and ultra marathon (UM) races.
Methods
Twenty-two male recreational distance runners (age: 35.23 ± 21.12 years, height: 171.13 ± 21.35 cm, weight: 69.49 ± 11.25 kg) were recruited in this study. Anthropometrics, WAnT, ISO FAT, and CVJT were interspersed 24 h of recovery, within 7 weeks.
Results
Total work during WAnT was highly associated with the measures of ISO FAT and CVJT both pre-race and post-race conditions (p
Description
Evaluates muscular fatigue resistance in endurance runners using the continuous vertical jump test.