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J Appl Physiol 56: 1453-1463, 1984;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 56, Issue 6 1453-1463, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Endurance training effects on plasma hormonal responsiveness and sex hormone excretion

B. A. Bullen, G. S. Skrinar, I. Z. Beitins, D. B. Carr, S. M. Reppert, C. O. Dotson, M. D. Fencl, E. V. Gervino and J. W. McArthur

A prospective study of the hormonal effects of a moderate exercise training program (4-wk control, 8-wk training) was conducted in seven young women. Sixty-minutes continuous bicycle ergometer tests of fixed relative intensity were performed at the beginning, middle, and end of the training period. The capacity of these acute bouts of exercise to affect circulating levels of stress markers, reproductive hormones, and hormones with possible antireproductive potential was measured. In addition, the urinary excretion of reproductive hormones was monitored continuously via serial overnight urine collections. Within testing sessions, plasma concentrations of all stress markers and antireproductive hormones rose significantly. Across testing sessions, only beta-endorphin + beta-lipotropin and cortisol exhibited an increment in peak responses as training progressed. Plasma reproductive hormone levels showed insignificant acute changes, and cyclic menstruation and preovulatory gonadotropin surges continued in all subjects. However, ovarian function was disturbed in four subjects as evidenced by a decreased excretion of estriol, free progesterone, or both. Transient infertility is a known clinical accompaniment of hormonal changes of comparable subtlety.


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