Abstract des Autors

Recently, slideboard exercise training has been introduced as a mode of aerobic training. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the acute cardiovascular and metabolic responses to slideboard exercise. Subjects consisted of 20 healthy females with a mean age of 26.5+/-7.9 years, and a VO2max of 40.8+/-5.6 ml/kg/min. The results of the investigation showed that 10 min of a commercially produced slideboard routine elicited mean heart rate (HR) responses ranging from 160 to 168 beats/min and VO2 values of 27.5 to 33.5 ml/kg/min. A sub-group of 10 subjects was also evaluated while performing sliding exercise at different sliding rates (SR). Subjects performed the standard slide technique at metronome cadences of SR-40, SR-50, and SR-60 slides/min. As sliding rate increased so did HR and VO2. The subjects demonstrated mean responses of approximately 55 to 81% of VO2max for the slower to the most rapid sliding rates, respectively. Compared to treadmill exercise at the same oxygen consumption levels, the heart rates for sliding were approximately 15% higher. Slideboard exercise can be an alternative mode of aerobic training. Verf.-Referat