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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of arm-crank induced priming on subsequent 20 min Functional Threshold Power Test among 11 well-trained male cyclists (18.8 ± 0.9 years; 182 ± 5 cm; 73.0 ± 6.6 kg;  V˙ O 2max  67.9 ± 5.1 mL·kg −1 ·min −1 ). Participants completed an incremental test and two maximal performance tests (MPTs) in a randomized order. Warm-up prior to MPT low  consisted of 20 min aerobic exercise and 25 s high-intensity all-out arm crank effort was added to warm-up in MPT high . Constant intensities for the first 17 min of MPT were targeting to achieve a similar relative fatigue according to participants’ physiological capacity before the last 3 min all-out spurt. Final 3 min all-out spurt power was 4.94 ± 0.27 W·kg −1  and 4.85 ± 0.39 W·kg −1  in MPT low  and MPT high , respectively (not statistically different:  p  = 0.116;  d  = 0.5). Blood lactate [La] levels just before the start were higher ( p  < 0.001;  d  = 2.6) in MPT high  (5.6 ± 0.5 mmol·L −1 ) compared to MPT low  (1.1 ± 0.1 mmol·L −1 ). According to  V  ˙ CO 2  and net [La] data, significantly higher anaerobic energy production was detected among MPT low  condition. In conclusion, priming significantly reduced anaerobic energy contribution but did neither improve nor decrease group mean performance although effects were variable. We suggest priming to have beneficial effects based on previous studies; however, the effects are individual and additional studies are needed to distinguish such detailed effects in single athletes.

Can We Improve the Functional Threshold Power Test by Adding High-Intensity Priming Arm-Crank?