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. 2013 Dec 18;2:678. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-678

Table 2.

Change physiological values during the endurance rides

Rest Warm-up Ex1-5 Ex6-10 Ex11-15 Ex16-20 Ex21-25 Ex26-30
VO2 (mL/min/kg) 7.1 (2.4) 12.9 (2.1) 18.3 (2.7) 21.4 (3.2) 21.8 (3.5) 21.8 (3.5) 21.8 (3.6) 21.8 (3.5)
%VO2max (%) 20.4 (7.0) 36.0 (4.9) 51.3 (6.0) 59.5 (4.1) 60.6 (3.5) 60.5 (3.5) 60.4 (3.2) 60.4 (3.4)
W/kg - 0.99 (0.17) 1.4 (0.21) 1.53 (0.27) 1.51 (0.28) 1.47 (0.29) 1.45 (0.28) 1.43 (0.27)
HR (bpm) 75.4 (11.3) 111.0 (12.3) 132.7 (15.1) 145.9 (13.8) 151.5 (14.1) 154.2 (13.4) 156.1 (13.8) 157.8 (12.8)
%HRR (%)a - 32.3 (8.2) 52.1 (11.4) 64.0 (10.9) 69.1 (11.5) 71.6 (10.8) 73.3 (11.1) 74.8 (10.3)
RER 0.8 (0.07) 0.88 (0.08) 1.06 (0.11) 1.05 (0.1) 1.03 (0.11) 1.01 (0.11) 1.0 (0.09) 0.99 (0.09)
Borg scale - 8.1 (1.8) 11.4 (2.5) 13.2 (2.2) 14.1 (2.1) 14.8 (2.1) 15.2 (2.0) 15.5 (2.2)

Values shown are means (±SD). [N = 33].

VO 2 oxygen consumption, VO 2max maximal oxygen consumption, HR heart rate, HRR heart rate reserve, RER respiratory exchange ratio.

a(HR – rest HR)/(220 – age – rest HR) *100.