Table 1.
PLA | LMW | HMW | |
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Ride-to-Exhaustion | |||
Distance (km) | 22.0 ± 3.0 | 23.4 ± 2.9 | 21.5 ± 3.0 |
Time (min) | 98.3 ± 11.4 | 103.2 ± 10.3 | 92.3 ± 10.2 |
Initial RER (L/L) | 0.88 ± 0.05 | 0.89 ± 0.04 | 0.89 ± 0.04 |
Final RER (L/L) | 0.83 ± 0.03 | 0.83 ± 0.04 | 0.83 ± 0.03 |
Time Trial | |||
Power (watts) | 161.4 ± 21.8 | 161.7 ± 21.6 | 164.5 ± 21.4 |
Distance (km) | 7.5 ± 1.1 | 6.8 ± 1.8 | 7.1 ± 1.1 |
RER (L/L) | 0.88 ± 0.03* | 0.92 ± 0.03 | 0.93 ± 0.04 |
Resting Recovery | |||
RER (L/L) | 0.70 ± 0.03 | 0.71 ± 0.04 | 0.72 ± 0.02 |
Hormonal Status | |||
Salivary Estradiol (pg/mL) | 1.82 ± 0.64 | 1.45 ± 0.39 | 1.55 ± 0.61 |
Hydration Status | |||
TBW (ΔL) | −0.67 ± 0.60 | −0.53 ± 0.58 | −0.63 ± 0.52 |
indicates significant difference between treatments (p<0.05); Δ = change