Clinical trial NCT06111144: Effects of Polarized and Pyramidal Training Combined With or Without Mindfulness in Amateur Runners
Official title: Effects of Polarized and Pyramidal Training Models Combined With or Without Mindfulness on Running Time, Performance Variables, and Body Composition in Amateur Long-distance Runners. A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy Volunteers
Keywords: Training intensity distribution
Polarized training
Pyramidal training
Amateur long-distance runners
Lead sponsor: Universidad de Antioquia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-11-01
Enrollment: 39
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Road running in athletics has grown worldwide in recent years, which has led to an increase in the number of recreational runners. Despite this growth, research addressing this population is scarce, with major limitations and methodological weaknesses. Two of the topics of recent interest in runners are the effects of training intensity distribution (TID) and mental training using mindfulness on running time, body composition and physiological parameters related to performance in endurance sports; the maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), maximal aerobic speed (MAS) and ventilatory thresholds (VT).

The scarce evidence found identifies the TID polarized model as the most effective in sports performance and TID pyramidal model as the most used by elite runners. For mindfulness, it is identified as an emerging program that could contribute to performance in endurance sports.

Detailed description: 40 recreational long-distance runners will be randomly assigned into one of the following 4 TID models groups: polarized TID model group with mindfulness program (POL+), polarized TID model group without mindfulness program (POL-), pyramidal TID model group with mindfulness program (PYR+) and pyramidal TID model group without mindfulness program (PYR-). Each group will be composed of 10 subjects. The interventions will have a duration of 12 weeks.

All participants will have evaluation of 10 km running time, body composition and physiological parameters (VO2max, MAS and VT's 1 and 2) at week 0 and 13 of the study.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Amateur long-distance runners
* Running time of 10 km in Bogotá, Colombia or similar altitude (2600 m above sea level) for men between 45 and 60 minutes, and for women between 50 and 65 minutes.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Smokers.
* History of cardiovascular disease.
* Arrhythmias.
* Cardiac insufficiencies.
* Hypertension.
* Musculoskeletal problems that affect their participation in the training program.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in 10 km race time
timeFrame: Week 0 and 13
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in VO2max
timeFrame: Week 0 and 13
measure: Change in ventilatory threshold 1
timeFrame: Week 0 and 13
measure: Change in ventilatory threshold 2
timeFrame: Week 0 and 13
measure: Change in maximal aerobic speed
timeFrame: Week 0 and 13
measure: Change in body weight
timeFrame: Week 0 and 13
measure: Change in body fat
timeFrame: Week 0 and 13
measure: Change in muscle mass
timeFrame: Week 0 and 13
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bogotá
country: Colombia
facility: JC Running
state: Cundinamarca
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