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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in developed countries. Certain risk factors (i.e. overweight, type II diabetes) are preventable and treatable through, for instance, physical activity. To estimate long-term training adaptations, it is time and cost efficient to examine the effectiveness of an acute training stimulus. Therefore, the aim of this work was to provide new insight into cardiorespiratory function in response to training modes that are relevant to cardiovascular health and performance.

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Stefanie Hostettler, Dr. sc. ETH Zürich, Bsc in Life Sciences an der Universität Brest, Frankreich und Msc in Biologie an der Universität Bern, Schweiz. Doktoratsstudium am Institut für Bewegungswissenschaften und Sport der ETH Zürich, Schweiz. Wissenschaftlich Mitarbeiterin bei der FMH, Bern, Schweiz.

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