Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Table 2. Mean values (± SD) of the indexes of aerobic fitness level and VO kinetics time constant.

	VO_2max(ml·Kg^-1·min^-1)		iVO_2max(W·Kg^-1)		iVO_2max(W)		MRT (s)
Groups	Mod	Max	Mod	Max	Mod	Max	Mod	Max
LF	36.2 (2.9)	35.8 (3.5)	2.3 (.2)	2.6 (.3)	191 (26)	194 (44)	35.7 (7.9)	57.8 (17.8)
IF	51.3 (4.8) a	50.9 (4.6) a	3.7 (.8) a	3.9 (.6) a	284 (57) a	266 (51) a	25.0(3.1) a	42.6(10.4) a
HF	67.4 (3.8) a b	68.7 (4.1) a b	5.4 (.5) a b	5.3 (.4) a b	356 (40) a b	342 (28) a b	27.5 (5.5) a	32.6 (8.3) a

Mod, moderate exercise. Max, maximal exercise. LF, low aerobic fitness. IF, intermediate aerobic fitness. HF, high aerobic fitness. VO, maximal pulmonary oxygen uptake; IVO, work-rate associated to VOMRT, mean response time of oxygen uptake kinetics.

significantly different from LF at the same intensity.

significantly different from IF at the same intensity.