The purpose of this study was to compare the effects derived from different modes of active cooling down procedures post repetitive intermittent high-intensity exercise. Seven Japanese male swimmers underwent repetitive 3 bouts of Wingate anaerobic tests on the 1^st day and another Wingate on the following 2^nd day. In each 3 intervals and post all the Wingate testing on the 2^nd day, the participants performed a cooling down randomly chosen from 3 different intensities of 10-min bike-riding and a 10-min static stretching. As to muscle power outputs and emotional conditions, the optimum cooling down intensities were observed at 80% ventilatoly threshold (VT) after the 1^st set and 60% VT level after the 2^nd set. Effective intensities of blood lactate removal rate were observed at 60% and 80% VT level. Thus, the optimum cooling down post repetitive intermittent high-intensity exercise could be dynamic bike-riding at 60% or 80% VT level.

This study was designed to investigate the effects of supplementing soy peptide on isometric performances and serum CK and LDH trends after a high intensity eccentric exercise stress. Study subjects consisted of 13 males and were divided into 2 groups. They were instructed to take 4,000 mg of soy peptide or placebo orally before and for 7 days following the initial exercise stress. Soy peptide group revealed significantly faster improvements in knee extension performance at 72 hr-post the eccentric exercise (p<0.05). Comparing with placebo group, soy peptide group showed significantly lower serum LDH activity 168 hr after the exercise (p<0.05), while as to serum CK levels, significant difference was not observed between those 2 groups. These results indicate that oral supplementation of soy peptide could induce not only reduction in serum LDH activity level, but also faster recovering in isometric performance after high intensity repetitive eccentric exercise.