Table 1.

Values of the main cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic parameters obtained during the incremental test.

	CMIT				DHIT				CON
	PRE	POST	CI 95%	ES	PRE	POST	CI 95%	ES	PRE	POST	CI 95%	ES
$\dot{V}$O2peak (L·min−1)	3.24 ± 0.33	3.30 ± 0.34	−0.2 to 0.1	0.18 trivial	3.50 ± 0.39	3.51 ± 0.38	−0.1 to 0.1	0.02 trivial	3.37 ± 0.44	3.40 ± 0.42	−0.1 to 0.2	0.07 trivial
HRpeak (bpm)	173 ± 10	170 ± 10	−0.1 to 6.6	0.30 small	175 ± 14	172 ± 13	−0.8 to 6.5	0.21 small	174 ± 9	173 ± 11	−0.5 to 5.8	0.11 trivial
$\dot{V}$E (L·min−1)	116.5 ± 12.8	112.9 ± 16.2	−4.0 to 11.2	0.28 small	121.1 ± 17.7	129.5 ± 24.6	−12.9 to 17.4	0.47 small	119.8 ± 14.2	118.1 ± 15.4	−9.8 to 17.4	0.12 trivial
RER	1.19 ± 0.04	1.20 ± 0.07	−0.1 to 0.1	0.25 small	1.16 ± 0.07	1.18 ± 0.08	−0.1 to 0.1	0.28 small	1.18 ± 0.02	1.19 ± 0.06	−0.1 to 0.1	0.50 small
[La−]b (mM)	7.81 ± 1.57	8.01 ± 1.64	−1.8 to 0.3	0.12 trivial	7.9 ± 0.8	8.44 ± 0.5	−2.5 to 0.1	0.67 moderate	8.4 ± 1.1	8.2 ± 0.9	−1.5 to 0.2	0.18 trivial

Values are means ± SD. CI, confidence interval; ES, effect size; $\dot{V}$O_2peak, peak oxygen uptake; HR_peak, peak heart rate; $\dot{V}$E, pulmonary ventilation; [La⁻]_b, blood lactate concentration; RER, respiratory exchange ratio.