Table 1. Gender specific characteristics and primary outcome data^a.

	Female (n = 11)	Male (n = 9)
Age [years]	29.15±6.14	27.45±2.26
Body mass [kg]	62.91±11.60	82.89±10.42
Height [m]	1.69±0.07	1.83±0.09
BMI [kg/m2]	21.97±3.06	24.65±1.58
Resting HR [beats/min]	68.91±9.74	62.67±5.63
Predicted HRmax [beats/min]	187.60±4.30	188.79±1.58
Achieved HRpeak [beats/min]	185.68±7.55	187.33±7.05
Achieved % of predicted HRmax [%]	98.98±3.28	99.22±3.53
Predicted V′O2max [L/min]	2.40±0.38	3.95±0.52
Achieved V′O2peak [L/min]	2.64±0.51	4.01±0.93
Achieved % of predicted V′O2max [%]	109.70±8.63	102.34±8.82
Predicted Pmax [W]	152.65±26.58	226.57±40.24
Achieved Ppeak [W]	128.93±33.38	195.41±26.15
Achieved % of predicted Pmax [%]	83.72±11.88	87.15±8.33
VAT [L/min]	1.59±0.34	2.23±0.31
VAT [% of V′O2peak]	60.48±7.17	55.42±4.41
RCP [L/min]	b 2.28±0.49	3.45±0.43
RCP [% of V′O2peak]	b 86.63±6.62	86.02±5.82

BMI, Body mass index; HR, Heart rate; V′O₂, Oxygen uptake; P, Work rate (power); VAT, Ventilatory anaerobic threshold; RCP, Respiratory compensation point

^a Values are given in numbers (n) or mean ± standard deviation of the repeated trials

^b n = 10