Ribeiro Da Mota, G. [UNESP]Baldissera, V.Marocolo, M.Barbosa Neto, O.Guimarães Faleiros, A. C.De Oliveira, A.Ricardo Lopes, C.Castardeli, E.Gobbi, S. [UNESP]2014-05-272014-05-272012-10-01Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche, v. 171, n. 5, p. 599-603, 2012.0393-3660http://hdl.handle.net/11449/73637Aim. The aim of the study was to verify whether endurance training may induce changes on the percentage of peak heart rate (% peak HR) at the lactate threshold (LT) intensity in untrained elderly. Methods. Sixteen healthy men (64.3 ± 4.1 yrs) underwent an incremental test on cycloergometer to determine the LT and the corresponding % peak HR at LT intensity. Afterwards, they were randomly distributed into two groups (n = 8 each): endurance training (ET) and control (C). The ET exercised 3 days a week for 12 weeks. The training session was divided into warm-up (5 min at 50% of LT;), a main part, and a cool-down (5 min 50% below of LT). The main part had a gradual increased volume through the weeks of 2 min. The initial volume on the 1st week was 25 min reaching 47 min at the 12th week. The relative intensity was kept constant (90 to 100% of LT). Results. After 12 weeks, the % peak HR at LT did not change significantly for both groups P > 0.05 (ET 82.9 ± 4.1 vs. 82.5 ± 3.4 and Ç 80.2 ± 7.1 vs. 81.8 ± 7.1). Conclusion. We conclude that endurance training proposed does not change the relative intensity at LT in elderly.599-603engAgingAnaerobic thresholdPhysical exerciselactic acidadultagedanaerobic thresholdcontrolled studycool down exercisecycloergometerendurance trainingergometerexercisegeriatric assessmentheart ratehumanhuman experimentmalenormal humanwarm up exerciseArtigoAcesso restrito2-s2.0-84871735351