Table 3.
Metabolic and cardiac responses of the participants for each completed stage. Values are the 6 min averages of each stage and given as the mean ± SEM.
Stage (speed, km/h)
V̇
O
2
(mL/min)
V̇
CO
2
(mL/min)
Respiratory exchange ratio
Heart rate (bpm)
1 (4 km/h)
1039.83 ± 26.55
853.98 ± 21.32
0.82 ± 0.01
102 ± 2
2 (5 km/h)
1175.24 ± 30.21
1002.55 ± 25.77
0.85 ± 0.01
107 ± 2
3 (6 km/h)
1459.99 ± 40.34
1314.61 ± 39.91
0.90 ± 0.01
120 ± 2
4 (7 km/h)
1917.92 ± 54.03
1876.26 ± 57.79
0.98 ± 0.01
144 ± 2
5 (8 km/h)
2225.47 ± 63.09
2216.75 ± 64.59
1.00 ± 0.01
158 ± 3
6 (9 km/h)
2916.8
2881.3
0.99
194