Table 1. Characteristics of the participants (mean and SEM).

	Untrained		Trained
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
Age (yrs)	25.14	1.53	23.36	1.50
Height (cm)	177.00	2.53	178.00	1.12
Weight (kg)	80.53	3.78	73.39	1.67
BMI	25.66	1.02	23.16	0.40
$\dot{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_{2\mathrm{m}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{x}}$ (ml/kg/min)	40.23	2.08	59.20	1.86
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.06	0.23	3.86	0.17
HDL (mmol/L)	1.31	0.11	1.23	0.10
TG (mmol/L)	1.19	0.20	0.67	0.05
LDL (mmol/L)	2.22	0.17	2.10	0.18
TC/HDL	3.46	0.38	3.40	0.32
Glucose (mmol/L)	5.20	0.14	4.95	0.11
Resting heart rate (bpm)	59.00	1.31	55.00	2.60