Table 3. Heart Rate (bts·min) during the five recovery periods. Data are means (±SD).
Post Climb 1 Post Climb 2 Post Climb 3 Post Climb 4 Post Climb 5
Start 158 (17) 161 (18) 166 (15) 169 (16) 169 (19)
Active Recovery Transition 114 (19) 120 (18) 120 (19) 123 (20) 122 (18)
End 104 (15) 108 (16) 108 (18) 110 (17) *
Start 154 (21) 162 (19) 165 (19) 165 (16) 171 (16)
Passive Recovery Transition 90 (18) 97 (22) 103 (20) 105 (19) 103 (16)
End 100 (20) 111 (21) 113 (19) 114 (18) *
* Data collection was complete following active recovery on climb five. Since there was no refocusing period for the start of the next climb no data were generated for the end of recovery after climb five.