Table 2.
Results of summary of within-group changes for studies observing HIMT versus structured activity (concurrent training)
| Reference | Training group | Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscular fitness | ||||||
| Aerobic fitness | Muscular strength | Muscular endurance | Muscular power | Subjective responses | ||
| HIMT versus structured activity (concurrent training) | ||||||
| Davis et al. [32] | Integrated CE (M) | ↑† | × | × | × | × |
| Integrated CE (F) | ↑† ↔ | × | × | × | × | |
| Serial CE (M) | ↔ | × | × | × | × | |
| Serial CE (F) | ↑ ↔ | × | × | × | × | |
| Davis et al. [33] | Integrated CE | × | ↑† | ↑† ↔ | × | × |
| Serial CE | × | ↑ | ↔ | × | × | |
| Mirzaei et al. [45] | Integrated CE | × | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | × |
| Serial CE | × | ↑ | ↑ | ↔ | × | |
| Heinrich et al. [24] | CF | × | × | × | × | ↑ |
| ART | × | × | × | × | ↑† | |
| Carneiro et al. [35] | HIBWT | × | ↑ | × | × | × |
| COMT | × | ↑† | × | × | × | |
| Nunes et al. [42] | BW HIIT | × | ↔ | × | × | × |
| ART | × | ↑† | × | × | × | |
| Bahremand et al. [34] | CF | ↑ | ↑† | × | ↑ ↔ | × |
| CT | ↑ | ↑ | × | ↑ ↔ | × | |
| Hovespian et al. [67] | HIFT | ↑ | × | × | ↔ | × |
| CSCT | ↑ | × | × | ↔ | × | |
HIMT high-intensity multimodal training, CE concurrent exercise, CF CrossFit®, HICTBW high-intensity circuit training with bodyweight, COMT combined training, BWHIIT bodyweight high-intensity interval training, CT combined training, HIFT high-intensity functional training, CSCT common strength and conditioning training, M male, F female, ↑ significant improvement, ↔ no significance change, ↓ significant decrease, † at least one significant difference compared to structured activity group, × not applicable