Table 3. Laboratory performance.
|
Overall (n = 20) |
Elite (n = 7) |
Sub-elite (n = 13) |
|
| Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
Min |
Max |
Mean ± SD |
Min |
Max |
p-values |
| V @VT1 (km·h-1) |
4.5 ± 0.5 |
4.7 ± 0.6 |
3.8 |
5.4 |
4.4 ± 0.4 |
3.8 |
5.0 |
0.157 |
| V @VT2 (km·h-1) |
5.8 ± 0.6 |
6.3 ± 0.6 |
5.8 |
7.4 |
5.5 ± 0.4 |
5.0 |
6.2 |
0.008 |
| Vmax (km·h-1) |
6.9 ± 0.5 |
7.4 ± 0.3 |
7.0 |
7.8 |
6.6 ± 0.3 |
6.2 |
7.3 |
< 0.001 |
| HRwarmup (bpm) |
126 ± 14 |
116 ± 14 |
95 |
135 |
133 ± 10 |
118 |
148 |
0.006 |
| HR @VT1 (bpm) |
160 ± 13 |
156 ± 13 |
141 |
179 |
162 ± 13 |
137 |
178 |
0.381 |
| HR @VT2 (bpm) |
178 ± 11 |
179 ± 9 |
163 |
192 |
178 ± 12 |
159 |
195 |
0.815 |
| HRmax (bpm) |
190 ± 11 |
190 ± 11 |
174 |
208 |
190 ± 11 |
172 |
208 |
0.485 |
| VO2warmup (ml·min-1·kg-1) |
27.8 ± 6.2 |
24.3 ± 8.2 |
8.7 |
31.6 |
29.6 ± 3.9 |
21.4 |
35.2 |
0.067 |
| VO2 @VT1 (ml·min-1·kg-1) |
46.4 ± 6.9 |
50.2 ± 8.9 |
36.6 |
60.8 |
44.3 ± 4.9 |
34.2 |
53.7 |
0.071 |
| VO2 @VT1 in % VO2max |
70.7 ± 7.5 |
70.1 ± 9.6 |
57.1 |
87.7 |
71.1 ± 6.7 |
62.2 |
81.3 |
0.814 |
| VO2 @VT2 (ml·min-1·kg-1) |
57.8 ± 6.0 |
62.6 ± 5.4 |
55.2 |
68.6 |
55.3 ± 4.6 |
47.6 |
63.1 |
0.005 |
| VO2 @VT2 in % VO2max |
88.5 ± 7.0 |
88.1 ± 5.7 |
80.5 |
95.4 |
89.1 ± 8.1 |
75.3 |
98.7 |
0.840 |
| VO2max (ml·min-1·kg-1) |
65.6 ± 6.8 |
71.2 ± 6.8 |
64.1 |
85.1 |
62.5 ± 4.7 |
54.1 |
69.5 |
0.003 |
| RER @VT1 |
0.93 ± 0.07 |
0.92 ± 0.1 |
0.83 |
1.06 |
0.94 ± 0.04 |
0.88 |
1.02 |
0.393 |
| RER @VT2 |
1.05 ± 0.1 |
1.05 ± 0.12 |
0.9 |
1.21 |
1.05 ± 0.09 |
0.89 |
1.19 |
0.899 |
| RERmax |
1.2 ± 0.1 |
1.16 ± 0.12 |
1.0 |
1.31 |
1.22 ± 0.08 |
1.09 |
1.38 |
0.259 |
| VE @VT1 (l·min-1) |
84 ± 14 |
87 ± 15 |
64 |
706 |
83 ± 13 |
62 |
106 |
0.529 |
| VE @VT2 (l·min-1) |
120 ± 17 |
124 ± 16 |
96 |
149 |
118 ± 18 |
78 |
141 |
0.474 |
| VEmax (l·min-1) |
166 ± 20 |
164 ± 26 |
132 |
206 |
167 ± 17 |
140 |
194 |
0.760 |
| RR @VT1 (breaths·min-1) |
30.0 ± 4.4 |
28.7 ± 2.4 |
26.4 |
32.8 |
30.7 ± 5.1 |
22.6 |
39.9 |
0.356 |
| RR @VT2 (breaths·min-1) |
37.6 ± 5.6 |
35.5 ± 3.9 |
31.2 |
41.5 |
38.8 ± 6.2 |
29.1 |
46.5 |
0.219 |
| RRmax (breaths·min-1) |
53.8 ± 8.0 |
49.5 ± 6.5 |
42.1 |
61.9 |
56.1 ± 8.1 |
40.1 |
68.9 |
0.075 |
| SLmean (m) |
0.78 ± 0.07 |
0.83 ± 0.06 |
0.76 |
0.91 |
0.75 ± 0.07 |
0.62 |
0.87 |
0.035 |
| SLmax (m) |
0.89 ± 0.07 |
0.94 ± 0.06 |
0.85 |
1.03 |
0.87 ± 0.07 |
0.74 |
1.01 |
0.046 |
| Cmean (steps·min-1) |
97 ± 7 |
99 ± 7 |
87 |
109 |
96 ± 6 |
85 |
112 |
0.314 |
| Cmax (steps·min-1) |
137 ± 9 |
141 ± 6 |
134 |
151 |
135 ± 9 |
120 |
149 |
0.139 |
SD, standard deviation; V, velocity; VT1, ventilatory threshold 1; VT2, ventilatory threshold 2; HR, heart rate; VO
2, oxygen uptake; RER, respiratory exchange ratio; VE, ventilation; RR, respiratory rate; SL, step length; C, cadence
