Table 2.
Work done, power decrement, lactate concentration and RER in all out exercise (60 times for 8s interspersed by 12s of passive recovery). Data are means (±SD).
Men (n = 10)
Women (n = 9)
Work perfomed (kJ)
146(26)
*
82(12)
Work performed (kJ.kg
-1
)
1.9 (.2)
*
1.3 (.1)
Power decrement (%)
30(11)
*
11(3)
[La] delta
7.1 (.9)
5.9 (2.3)
[La] peak
8.6 (.9)
*
7.1 (2.2)
RER
effort
1.02 (.06)
.99 (.03)
RER
pause
1.03 (.06)
*
.99 (.03)
RER = ratio exchange respiratory
* = different from women (p < 0.05).