Table 1. Physical characteristics of young soccer players. Data are means (±SD). |
|
Group A
(n = 13) |
Group B
(n = 10) |
Group C
(n = 9) |
| Height (m) |
1.51 (.06) |
1.73 (.06) † † † |
1.74 (.05) *** |
| Weight (kg) |
43.1 (7.1) |
63.2 (11.0) † † † |
66.5 (5.9) *** |
| BSA (m2) |
1.35 (.13) |
1.75 (.17) † † † |
1.80 (.09) *** |
| Body fat (%) |
10.5 (2.8) |
12.3 (4.1) |
13.1 (3.2) |
| LBM (kg) |
38.5 (6.2) |
55.2 (8.3) † † † |
57.8 (5.9) *** |
| HRrest (b·min-1) |
68.5 (11.1) |
71.1 (7.1) |
67.5 (9.4) |
| sBP (mmHg) |
117.8 (6.4) |
119.0 (7.8) |
124.1 (6.4) |
| dBP (mmHg) |
64.5 (7.9) |
61.7 (8.0) |
66.8 (8.9) |
| Time to exhaustion (min) |
7.89 (1.87) |
9.14 (2.87) † † † |
9.04 (1.46) ‡‡‡ |
| HRmax (b·min-1) |
196.2 (8.0) |
200.5 (4.0) |
197.0 (5.1) |
| RER |
1.10 (.05) |
1.11 (.04) |
1.10±0.04 |
| VO2max (ml·min-1) |
2395 (238) |
3669 (678) † † † |
3890 (593) ***,‡‡ |
| VO2max (ml·kg-1·min-1) |
56.37 (6.62) |
58.20 (4.75) |
58.51 (7.01) |
| BLamax (mmol·l-1) |
6.87 (1.53) |
8.31 (.72) † |
8.41 (.97) * |
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