Table 1.
Exercise time to exhaustion (Tlim), peak blood lactate concentration (Lac) and estimated lactate production-removal rate (Lac rate) obtained in the crit test. Data are means (SD).
f
48
(balls·min
-1
)
56
(balls·min
-1
)
65
(balls·min
-1
)
72
(balls·min
-1
)
Tlim (s)
578.6 (204.0)
342.7 (109.7)
*
259.6 (38.9)
*
188.8 (60.5)
*
Lac (mmol·L
-1
)
6.2 (2.2)
7.0 (2.3)
8.9 (1.8)
7.0 (2.7)
Lac rate (mmol/L.s).10
2
1.4 (0.9)
2.3 (1.4)
3.4 (3.4)
4.5 (2.7)
*
* p < 0.05 compared with 48 balls·min