Table 1.

Characteristics of the participating rowers (n = 16)

	Study group
Parameter	Means ± SD	Range
Age (yr)	19.5 ± 1.4	17.0 – 22.0
Body mass (kg)	87.3 ± 9.8	69.0 – 104.7
Height (cm)	187 ± 5	176 – 194
FFM (kg)	73.8 ± 6.4	63.9 – 83.4
FM (kg)	13.6 ± 5.3	5.1 –21.6
$\dot{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_{2}max$ (mL · min−1 · kg−1)	68.1 ± 6.4	58.4 – 75.0
Peak power (W · kg−1)	11.6 ± 1.1	9.9 – 13.2
Years training (yr)	8.2 ± 2.8	6 – 10
Number of training sessions per week (session · week−1)	8.6 ± 2.7	7 – 10
Number of hours of training per week (h · week−1)	16.8 ± 5.9	10 – 24
Energy intake (kcal · kg−1 · day−1)a	56.1 ± 14.2	37.0 – 79.2
Protein intake (g · kg−1 · day−1)a	1.6 ± 0.2	1.3 – 2.0
Carbohydrate intake (g · kg−1 · day−1)a	6.3 ± 1.4	4.9 – 9.3
Fat intake (g · kg−1 · day−1)a	1.7 ± 0.4	1.2 – 2.4

FFM fat-free mass, FM fat mass; $\dot{V}{O}_{\mathit{2}}\mathit{max}$ maximal oxygen uptake

^aMean energy and macronutrient intake during the supplementation period