Exercise training prescription to maximise improvements in mitochondria function and content?

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23rd annual ECSS Congress Dublin/Ireland, July 4-7 2018

Can we optimise the exercise training prescription to maximise improvements in mitochondria function and content?

Author: Bishop, D.
Victoria University

Abstract:

While there is agreement that exercise is a powerful stimulus to increase both mitochondrial function and content, we do not know the optimal training stimulus to maximise improvements in mitochondrial biogenesis. This presentation will focus predominantly on the effects of exercise on mitochondrial function and content, as there is a greater volume of published research on these adaptations and stronger conclusions can be made. The results of cross-sectional studies, as well as training studies involving rats and humans, suggest that training intensity may be an important determinant of improvements in mitochondrial function (as determined by mitochondrial respiration), but not mitochondrial content (as assessed by citrate synthase activity). In contrast, it appears that training volume, rather than training intensity, may be an important determinant of exercise-induced improvements in mitochondrial content.
The importance of mitochondria for both athletic performance and health underlines the relevance of this topic for ECSS delegates.
This topic will therefore be of interest to both delegates interested in athletic performance, as well as those interested in population
health.