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  • Sports Science
  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessment

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  • Step incremental exercise tests are standard for evaluating endurance performance determinants.
  • The impact of varying step durations on key metabolic measures like oxygen uptake (V̇O2) and carbon dioxide production (V̇CO2) remains incompletely understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine how different sampling durations within a 6-minute stage influence V̇O2, V̇CO2, and fat oxidation (Fatox) measurements.
  • To assess these influences across various exercise intensities, modalities (running vs. cycling), participant age, and biological sex.

Main Methods:

  • 169 participants (running and cycling) underwent submaximal graded exercise tests with continuous V̇O2 and V̇CO2 monitoring.
  • Three 30-second averaging windows (2.5-3, 3.5-4, 4.5-5 min) were compared against a 5.5-6 min reference window within each 6-minute stage.
  • Linear mixed models analyzed the effects of averaging window, intensity, sex, age, fitness, and modality on metabolic measurements.

Main Results:

  • In running, shorter averaging windows (3, 4, 5 min) showed statistically significant, though <2%, differences in V̇O2 and V̇CO2 compared to the 6-min window.
  • No significant differences in V̇O2 or Fatox were found between averaging windows during cycling.
  • These subtle differences were consistent across exercise intensity, fitness, sex, and age, indicating minimal practical impact.

Conclusions:

  • Stage durations of 3 minutes or longer appear sufficient for reliably estimating V̇O2, V̇CO2, and Fatox during running and cycling.
  • The findings support the use of shorter stage durations in incremental exercise tests without compromising the validity of key metabolic assessments.