Table 5.

Rate of whole-body protein synthesis and breakdown

Protocol	Pre-exercise	Exercise hour 1	Exercise hour 2	Post-exercise
Protein breakdown (μmol kg−1 h−1)				†
HP + W	145.6 ± 7.5	151.5 ± 8.7	141.7 ± 3.9	130.7 ± 2.7
HP + G	142.1 ± 9.7	152.2 ± 11.1	145.9 ± 9.2	132.4 ± 7.8
LP + W	144.4 ± 6.6	139.2 ± 4.0	133.1 ± 5.1	132.6 ± 5.8
LP + G	139.5 ± 8.4	140.5 ± 5.7	135.1 ± 5.4	148.2 ± 10.9
Protein synthesis (μmol kg−1 h−1)		*	*	*†
HP + W	123.8 ± 6.6	85.2 ± 24.3	84.1 ± 6.3	105.1 ± 2.8
HP + G	130.4 ± 7.6	77.8 ± 10.5	76.5 ± 9.5	110.8 ± 6.2
LP + W	128.5 ± 6.1	90.0 ± 5.7	89.3 ± 5.1	110.9 ± 6.5
LP + G	124.7 ± 7.7	82.4 ± 5.4	84.0 ± 3.8	111.5 ± 5.9

Data are presented as means ± S. E. M. (n = 8). There was a main effect of time:

^*significantly different from Pre-exercise values (P < 0.01)

^†significantly different from Exercise hour 1 values (P < 0.01).