Table 1. Participant characteristics.

	Total	Male	Female
n	10	13	7
Age, yrs	28.0 ± 6.7	28.5 ± 7.5	27.2 ± 5.3
Stature, m	1.74 ± 0.09	1.78 ± 0.08	1.67 ± 0.02*
Body mass, kg	72.1 ± 16.1	74.5 ± 16.1	67.6 ± 16.4
BMI, kg∙m2	20.6 ± 4.1	20.8 ± 3.9	20.3 ± 4.9
Peak $\dot{V}{\mathbf{O}}_{\mathbf{2}}$, l∙min-1	3.54 ± 0.75	3.92 ± 0.64	2.85 ± 0.33*
Relative peak $\dot{V}{\mathbf{O}}_{\mathbf{2}}$, l∙kg-1∙min-1	49.8 ± 7.9	53.2 ± 5.5	43.5 ± 8.1*
GET, l∙min-1	2.31 ± 0.66	2.52 ± 0.71	1.92 ± 0.34*
GET, %	65 ± 9	64 ± 10	67 ± 7

Mean ± SD. BMI, body mass index; $\dot{V}{\text{O}}_2$, oxygen uptake, GET, gas exchange threshold.

* Significant difference between males and females P < 0.05