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Metabolic adaptation
High-intensity sprint training may stimulate a more rapid up-regulation of selected physiological/metabolic markers than traditional low-intensity endurance training.
Practitioners may consider high-intensity training for quicker physiological adaptations.
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It may be that high-intensity sprint training stimulates a more rapid up-regulation of selected physiological/metabolic markers than traditional low-intensity endurance training.
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Specificity of training adaptation: time for a rethink?
John A. Hawley · The Journal of Physiology · 2008
DOI 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.147397
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