Table 2. Work done, power decrement, lactate concentration and RER in all out exercise (60 times for 8s interspersed by 12s of passive recovery). Data are means (±SD).
|
Men (n = 10) |
Women (n = 9) |
Work perfomed (kJ) |
146(26) * |
82(12) |
Work performed (kJ.kg-1) |
1.9 (.2) * |
1.3 (.1) |
Power decrement (%) |
30(11) * |
11(3) |
[La] delta |
7.1 (.9) |
5.9 (2.3) |
[La] peak |
8.6 (.9) * |
7.1 (2.2) |
REReffort |
1.02 (.06) |
.99 (.03) |
RERpause |
1.03 (.06) * |
.99 (.03) |
RER = ratio exchange respiratory* = different from women (p < 0.05).