Table 3 Selected Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficients (r) between physiological variables obtained in the TR VO and RBR tests, and the athletes’ laboratory time trial results
|
Distance (km) |
| Variable |
B TT |
R TT |
B-R TT |
| TR VO2max (l· min-1) |
.868 * |
.557 |
.868 * |
| TR VO2max (ml· kg-1· min-1) |
.402 |
.003 |
.402 |
| TR Vmax |
-.082 |
.640 |
-.104 |
| % of TRVO2max at 15 km· h-1 |
-.171 |
-.832 * |
.143 |
| VO2 R1 (l· min-1) |
-.110 |
-.830 * |
.39 |
| ECRun R1 of RBR1 |
-.043 |
-.762 |
.474 |
| [BLA] post R1 |
.213 |
-.921 ** |
-.016 |
| Bmax Wpeak (W) |
.942 ** |
-.377 |
.885 * |
| BmaxWpeak (W· kg-1) |
.694 |
.055 |
.736 |
| Bmax VO2peak (l· min-1) |
.885 ** |
-.032 |
.886 * |
| Bmax VO2peak (ml· kg-1· min-1) |
.484 |
.392 |
.551 |
| [BLA] post Bmax (mM) |
.770 * |
-.740 |
.550 |
| % of BVO2peak at 3W· kg-1 |
-.272 |
-.376 |
-.503 |
| Bsubmax B EC |
-.380 |
-.120 |
-.140 |
| [BLA] post Bsubmax (mM) |
.910 |
-.870 * |
-.210 |
| VO2 R2 (l· min-1) |
.l10 |
-.830 * |
.390 |
| ECRun R2 |
-.325 |
-.590 |
.015 |
| ∆HRR1-R2 (beats· min-1) |
-.330 |
.860 * |
.060 |
| ∆[BLA]R1-R2 |
-.580 |
.200 |
-.880 * |
| ∆VO2R1-R2 |
.170 |
-.340 |
.120 |
| ∆ECR1-R2 |
.508 |
-.358 |
.589 |
B TT cycle section of the time-trial (TT), R TT run section of TT, B-R TT cycle-run TT, TR treadmill, VO max maximal oxygen uptake, V peak TR running speed during TRVO test, VO R oxygen uptake, R first submaximal run of RBR EC running economy, [BLA] blood lactate concentration, B maximal incremental section of RBR, W peak power output, VO peak oxygen uptake, B-EC cycle economy, B submaximal cycle section of RBR, R second run of RBR, ∆HR change in HR between R and R of RBR ∆ [BLA] change in blood lactate concentration between R and R of RBR, ∆VO change in VO between R and R of RBR, ∆EC change in economy between R and R of RBR* significant at the p < 0.05 level** significant at the p < 0.02 level
