NCT07215052

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

Effects of a Suspension Training Warm-up on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance in Recreationally Active College-Aged Adults: a Randomized, Counterbalanced Crossover Study

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tamara Rial-Faigenabum · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Exercise Performance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Walking Warm-up	6 minutes treadmill walking at comfortable self-selected pace, 0% incline.
OTHER	Suspension Training Warm-up	6 minutes TRX suspension warm-up (reverse lunges 45s, squats 60s, jump squats 45s, rows 30s, push-ups 30s, with 30s rests).

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-10-15
• Primary completion: 2026-05-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2025-10-10
• Last updated: 2025-10-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States