Table 1.

Comparison of age, soreness and male : female ratio

	Model
Variable	Bench-stepping	Running	Inference test
	Median	Median
	(inter quartile range)	(inter quartile range)
	n = 82	n = 400
Age	27 (22 – 33)	42.5 (34 – 49)	Wilcoxon ranksum
			p = 0.0001
Male : Female	37 :44*	294 : 106	χ2 = 24 p<< 0.0001
Total 5 day soreness	22(15–30)	18(11–26)	Wilcoxon ranksum
			p = 0.02

^* One missing observation