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New AIS Recovery Study – volunteers wanted

Who are we looking for?
To participate in the study you must:

  • Be a healthy male aged 18 – 45 years
  • Be a non-smoker
  • Have no current illness, infection, injury or history of back injury that may limit performance throughout the duration of the study
  • Be able to complete the full HIIT protocol (see attached) and have a cycling peak power output of ≥300watts
  • Have a body fat percentage (as determined by an initial DXA scan) of ≤12% or ≥18%
  • Be able to attend all scheduled visits to the Australian Institute of Sport

What is involved?

  • six visits to AIS totalling 14 hours
    • Visit 1 – Body composition assessment (20 min)
    • Visit 2 – HIIT cycling protocol familiarisation (120 min)
    • Visit 3 – VO2 max test and familiarisation (120 min)
    • Visits 4-6 – Full trials (3.5 hrs)
  • The full trials will involve performance testing ( 4 min cycling TT, leg power and whole body strength tests)
  • The full trials will also involve a fatiguing high intensity interval cycling test (HIIT) followed by a recovery intervention (cold water immersion or passive recovery)

What do you get out of it?

  • A FREE comprehensive body composition assessment (DXA scan, 3D body scan and Skinfolds testing)
  • A FREE VO2 max test and training zone report
  • A 2XU prize pack
  • Access to experts in the fields of recovery and sports science to answer any training and recovery questions you may have

Study Flyer

Participant Information

Cheers,
Jess
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Jessica Stephens
PhD Scholar
Performance Recovery
Australian Institute of Sport
Australian Sports Commission
Tel: +61 2 6214 7881
Mob: +61 400 411 327
[email protected]