Table 1.

Participant demographic characteristics.

	Temperate preconditioning group (TPC; n = 5)	Heat preconditioning group (HPC; n = 6)	Group sig (p < 0.05)
Age (Years)	20.4 ± 2.8	21.7 ± 2.3	0.426
Height (cm)	177 ± 7	180 ± 10	0.593
Body Weight (kg)	75.2 ± 18.1	76.1 ± 12.3	0.931
	50.8 ± 6.9	52.8 ± 5.0	0.587
% Lean mass	88.3 ± 11.5	86.8 ± 4.8	0.777
% Body Fat	11.7 ± 11.5	13.2 ± 4.8	0.777

Values are expressed as mean ± SD. mL.kg.min⁻¹ (milliliters per kilogram per minute), $\dot{V}$O_2max (maximum oxygen uptake).