Table 3. Changes in the selected cardiorespiratory indicators, maximal workload and LT workload recorded in the experimental and control groups (H, n = 7; C, n = 8) performing the incremental test during the experiment. Data are means (±SD).
| Variables |
Group H |
Group C |
| Before training (S1) |
After training (S2) |
Before training (S1) |
After training (S2) |
| WRmax (W) |
417 (26) |
425 (31) |
356 (21) |
358 (22) |
| WRLT (W) |
322 (18) |
335 (21)** |
272 (28) |
275 (27) |
| VO2max (l·min–1) |
4.87 (.30) |
4.91(.30) |
4.37(.22) |
4.35 (.20) |
| VO2max (ml·kg–1·min–1) |
66.9 (3.3) |
68.0 (3.2) |
68.2 (4.1) |
68.0 (2.9) |
| VO2LT (l·min–1) |
4.05 (.20) |
4.16 (.20) |
3.55 (.35) |
3.58 (.31) |
| VO2LT (ml·kg–1·min–1) |
55.7 (2.0) |
57.4 (1.3)* |
56.2 (5.1) |
55.7 (4.3) |
| VEmax (l·min–1) |
166 (17) |
164 (15) |
166 (12) |
167 (12) |
| BFmax (l·min–1) |
55.9 (12.1) |
53.1 (9.7) |
59.0 (2.6) |
61.1 (3.1) |
| RERmax |
1.10 (.02) |
1.07 (.02)** |
1.09 (.01) |
1.10 (.01) |
| HRmax (bpm) |
188 (6) |
184 (6) |
195 (5) |
196 (2) |
VO
2 LT – VO
2 at LT workload.** denotes significant (p < 0.01) differences in relation to the initial measurements.
