Long-term Adaptations of Skeletal Muscle After Hybrid Training.

NCT07341711 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-01-14

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Summary

Obesity is a major challenge for public health and renders it imperative to reduce its prevalence. High intensity interval training (HIIT) is a form of exercise training that can efficiently induce weight loss in adults with overweight or obesity, even in the absence of dietary intake manipulation. Hybrid type training represents a form of HIIT, that incorporates both cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal stimuli, by combining multiple types of exercise into a circuit-type, interval style workout. Recent evidence suggests that long-term participation in hybrid HIIT results in significant health-related benefits. However, the molecular mechanisms driving the chronic effects of hybrid HIIT on cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal health remains to be elucidated.

Conditions

  • Obesity & Overweight

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise training

Participants will perform a six-month hybrid training program while receiving a balanced diet. The periodization of hybrid training intervention will consist of three 2-month phases of gradually increased exercise intensity and volume. In every training will participate 5-8 individuals. The training will contain 6-12 different exercises (stations), depending on the phase of the intervention, which will be executed in a circuit for a total of 2-3 rounds, with 2-3 minutes of rest period between sets (depending on the phase). The exercise execution will last 20-45 seconds, and the rest between them will last 30-60 seconds (depending on the phase), while the exercise intensity will range from 75 to 85% of maximal heart rate. The stations of hybrid training will contain multi-joint exercises or neuromuscular activation exercises using either body weight resistance or portable equipment.

OTHER

Control group

Participants will receive a balanced diet but will not participate in any type of exercise training over a six month period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Thessaly

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-08
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-12-20

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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