Effects of a Suspension Training Warm-up on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance

Tamara Rial-Faigenabum

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Exercise Performance

Treatments: Other: Walking Warm-up; Other: Suspension Training Warm-up

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07215052

SP2553

Details and patient eligibility

About

this study will compare two warm-up methods before cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in recreationally active young adults. Participants will complete treadmill walking or TRX suspension warm-up, followed by a treadmill exercise test to exhaustion. The investigators to determine whether suspension warm-up produces similar peak oxygen uptake (VO2max) and cardiopulmonary responses as treadmill walking.

Full description

CPET is the gold standard for assessing aerobic fitness. Warm-up procedures may influence outcomes. Traditional CPET warm-up uses walking or cycling, but suspension training provides a dynamic, full-body option. This randomized, counterbalanced crossover study will compare VO₂max and secondary outcomes (time to exhaustion, HRmax, RER, VE, BP, VT) after treadmill vs suspension training warm-up. The primary analysis is a non-inferiority test with a 5% margin for VO₂max.

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Aged 19 to 25 years

Engages in ≥5 hours per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (classified as "high activity" based on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire [ICIQ])

Able to pass the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+) screening

Exclusion criteria

Participates in <5 hours per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity

Contraindications to maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing or suspension training

Presence of any medical condition that may interfere with safe test participation or data interpretation

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Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm 1: Walking Warm-up (WW)

Active Comparator group

Description:

6 min treadmill walking at comfortable pace, 0% incline.

Treatment:

Other: Walking Warm-up

Suspension Warm-up (SW)

Experimental group

Description:

6 min dynamic TRX warm-up (reverse lunges, squats, jump squats, rows, push-ups).

Treatment:

Other: Suspension Training Warm-up