Effect of sprint training on resting serum irisin concentration - Sprint training once daily vs. twice every other day.

Journal: Metabolism: clinical and experimental
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Exercise twice every other day has been shown to lead to increasing peroxisome proliferator receptor γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) expression (up-stream factor of irisin) via lowered muscle glycogen level during second of exercise compared with exercise once daily. This study determined the influence of 4weeks of sprint training (training once daily vs. twice every other day) on the serum irisin concentration.

Authors

  • Yoshifumi Tsuchiya
    Graduate School of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan.
  • Toshiaki Ijichi
    Graduate School of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan.
  • Kazushige Goto
    Graduate School of Sport and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan.