Priming exercise increases Wingate cycling peak power output.
Charalabos K KtenidisNikos V MargaritelisEvgenia D CherouveimDimitris C StergiopoulosVassiliki J MalliouNikos D GeladasMichalis G NikolaidisVassilis PaschalisPublished in: European journal of sport science (2020)
Priming exercise of high intensity followed by a prolonged recovery leads to increased peak power in a subsequent Wingate test. Moreover, our data are consistent with the idea that a priming exercise-induced modest increase in blood lactate concentration at the onset of the following criterion bout is a key factor of performance.