Researchers in the MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine at the Sports Science Institute are doing a study that requires people to monitor their heart rate during training for two weeks, and to have their heart rate recovery measured after sub-maximal running tests.
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The researchers are looking for healthy men & women, 21 - 40 yrs old, who have been following the same weekly training programme (consisting of mostly running) for 4 weeks.
The researchers are looking for:
Regular exercisers doing about 2.5 hours of moderate cardiovascular exercise per week (approximately 30 minutes per day, 5 days a week),
Moderately competitive athletes doing approximately 5 hours of cardio per week,
Elite athletes cardiovascular training approximately 10 hours per week.
A person will NOT be included in the study if they have an injury, illness or chronic disease that prevents them from training normally during the study.
All subjects will complete a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire prior to their enrolment to ensure they are not at any health risk when doing the required exercises.
At the end of the study you will receive your body fat percentage, resting and peak HR, peak treadmill running speed, VO2max, your measured weekly training load and HR recovery data after each HIMS test.
The studys results may contribute valuably to research that aims to make individualised training programmes more effective.
If you are interested in finding out more about this study, please contact Jill Borresen on 084 5500 443 before the end of March. (Health24)
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