Table 1.

Plasma lactate and glucose measurements before and after resistance exercise

			Postexercise, Minutes
	Baseline	Exercise	15	30	45	60	120	180
Lactate, mmol/l
BFR	1.2 ± 0.1	2.7 ± 0.6*	3.3 ± 0.4*†	2.4 ± 0.4*†	1.8 ± 0.3*	1.7 ± 0.2	1.0 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1
Ctrl	1.3 ± 0.2	2.9 ± 0.6*	1.7 ± 0.2	1.3 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1
Glucose, mmol/l
BFR	5.3 ± 3.2	5.3 ± 3.2	6.0 ± 3.6†	5.7 ± 3.9†	5.6 ± 3.7†	5.5 ± 3.2	5.2 ± 2.3	5.2 ± 2.4
Ctrl	5.3 ± 3.8	5.3 ± 3.0	4.9 ± 5.5	4.8 ± 5.9	5.1 ± 2.2	5.0 ± 2.2	5.0 ± 2.2	4.9 ± 1.9

Values are means ± SE. BFR, resistance exercise with blood flow restriction; Ctrl, resistance exercise without blood flow restriction.

^*Significantly different from baseline (P < 0.05);

^†significantly different from Ctrl at same time point (P < 0.05).