Exercise PerformanceNCT07215052
Effects of a Suspension Training Warm-up on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance
A study testing Walking Warm-up and Suspension Training Warm-up in people with Exercise Performance, run by Tamara Rial-Faigenabum at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
this study will compare two warm-up methods before cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in recreationally active young adults. Participants will complete treadmill walking or TRX suspension warm-up, followed by a treadmill exercise test to exhaustion. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 19 to 25 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Exercise Performance
- What is being tested?
- Walking Warm-up and Suspension Training Warm-up
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 17 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 15 Oct 2025to 6 Jun 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 19 to 25 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Aged 19 to 25 years
- Engages in ≥5 hours per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (classified as "high activity" based on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire [ICIQ])
- Able to pass the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+) screening
Who cannot join
- Participates in <5 hours per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
- Contraindications to maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing or suspension training
- Presence of any medical condition that may interfere with safe test participation or data interpretation
- -
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Monmouth University Graduate Center Room 222
West Long Branch, New Jersey, 07764
About this study
Official title: Effects of a Suspension Training Warm-up on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance in Recreationally Active College-Aged Adults: a Randomized, Counterbalanced Crossover Study
this study will compare two warm-up methods before cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in recreationally active young adults. Participants will complete treadmill walking or TRX suspension warm-up, followed by a treadmill exercise test to exhaustion. The investigators to determine whether suspension warm-up produces similar peak oxygen uptake (VO2max) and cardiopulmonary responses as treadmill walking.
Read the detailed description
CPET is the gold standard for assessing aerobic fitness. Warm-up procedures may influence outcomes. Traditional CPET warm-up uses walking or cycling, but suspension training provides a dynamic, full-body option. This randomized, counterbalanced crossover study will compare VO₂max and secondary outcomes (time to exhaustion, HRmax, RER, VE, BP, VT) after treadmill vs suspension training warm-up. The primary analysis is a non-inferiority test with a 5% margin for VO₂max.
- Conditions
- Exercise Performance
- Being tested
- Walking Warm-up, Suspension Training Warm-up
- Keywords
- cardiorespiratory fitness, exercise physiology
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Walking Warm-upOther
6 minutes treadmill walking at comfortable self-selected pace, 0% incline.
Suspension Training Warm-upOther
6 minutes TRX suspension warm-up (reverse lunges 45s, squats 60s, jump squats 45s, rows 30s, push-ups 30s, with 30s rests).
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Arm 1: Walking Warm-up (WW) | Active comparator | 6 min treadmill walking at comfortable pace, 0% incline. Receives: Other: Walking Warm-up |
| Suspension Warm-up (SW) | Experimental | 6 min dynamic TRX warm-up (reverse lunges, squats, jump squats, rows, push-ups). Receives: Other: Suspension Training Warm-up |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
VO₂peak (mL·kg-¹·min-¹)
VO₂peak measured during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) following each warm-up condition.
Measured: Immediately following each warm-up condition during two laboratory visits, separated by at least 48 hours
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted10 Oct 2025
- Study start15 Oct 2025
- Primary completion6 Jun 2026
- Study completion6 Jun 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Exercise PerformanceStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 17 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Tamara Rial-Faigenabum
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Tamara Rial-Faigenabum, Human Performance Lab of Monmouth University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07215052
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- SP2553
- Status last verified
- Oct 2025
- First submitted
- 8 Oct 2025
- Last updated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: The individual participant data (IPD) will not be made publicly available because this is a small, single-site academic study conducted for exploratory purposes, and data sharing is not required by the sponsor or funding agency. Summary results will be posted on ClinicalTrials.gov and may be included in peer-reviewed publications.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Jun 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effects of a Suspension Training Warm-up on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance in Recreationally Active College-Aged Adults: a Randomized, Counterbalanced Crossover Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07215052
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SP2553
- Conditions
- Exercise Performance
- Keywords
- cardiorespiratory fitness, exercise physiology
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 17 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Tamara Rial-FaigenabumUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 6 Jun 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 6 Jun 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 10 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
this study will compare two warm-up methods before cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in recreationally active young adults. Participants will complete treadmill walking or TRX suspension warm-up, followed by a treadmill exercise test to exhaustion. The investigators to determine whether suspension warm-up produces similar peak oxygen uptake (VO2max) and cardiopulmonary responses as treadmill walking.
Detailed description
CPET is the gold standard for assessing aerobic fitness. Warm-up procedures may influence outcomes. Traditional CPET warm-up uses walking or cycling, but suspension training provides a dynamic, full-body option. This randomized, counterbalanced crossover study will compare VO₂max and secondary outcomes (time to exhaustion, HRmax, RER, VE, BP, VT) after treadmill vs suspension training warm-up. The primary analysis is a non-inferiority test with a 5% margin for VO₂max.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Arm 1: Walking Warm-up (WW) | Active comparator | Other: Walking Warm-up6 min treadmill walking at comfortable pace, 0% incline. |
| Suspension Warm-up (SW) | Experimental | Other: Suspension Training Warm-up6 min dynamic TRX warm-up (reverse lunges, squats, jump squats, rows, push-ups). |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 19 to 25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Aged 19 to 25 years
- Engages in ≥5 hours per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (classified as "high activity" based on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire [ICIQ])
- Able to pass the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+) screening
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Participates in <5 hours per week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
- Contraindications to maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing or suspension training
- Presence of any medical condition that may interfere with safe test participation or data interpretation
- -
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Walking Warm-up6 minutes treadmill walking at comfortable self-selected pace, 0% incline. | Other | Arm 1: Walking Warm-up (WW) |
| Suspension Training Warm-up6 minutes TRX suspension warm-up (reverse lunges 45s, squats 60s, jump squats 45s, rows 30s, push-ups 30s, with 30s rests). | Other | Suspension Warm-up (SW) |
Primary outcome
VO₂peak (mL·kg-¹·min-¹)
Time frame: Immediately following each warm-up condition during two laboratory visits, separated by at least 48 hours
VO₂peak measured during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) following each warm-up condition.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Jun 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. The individual participant data (IPD) will not be made publicly available because this is a small, single-site academic study conducted for exploratory purposes, and data sharing is not required by the sponsor or funding agency. Summary results will be posted on ClinicalTrials.gov and may be included in peer-reviewed publications.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Walking Warm-up and Suspension Training Warm-up in people with Exercise Performance, run by Tamara Rial-Faigenabum at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
VO₂peak (mL·kg-¹·min-¹) (time frame: Immediately following each warm-up condition during two laboratory visits, separated by at least 48 hours). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Jun 2026.