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. 2020 Jul 27;598(18):3859–3870. doi: 10.1113/JP277619

Table 3.

Measured and calculated muscle metabolites at rest (0 min), and after 30 min and 120 min of steady‐state exercise at ∼ 65% of V˙O2peak

Metabolite 0 min 30 min 120 min
Lactate Untrained § 4.6 ± 1.2 11.9 ± 3.4 27.5 ± 11.6*
(mmol kg−1 dm) Trained §‡ 3.8 ± 2.1 8.9 ± 3.6 11.6 ± 4.9
PCr Untrained § 70.1 ± 15.5 46.1 ± 12.8 42.9 ± 11.5
(mmol kg−1 dm) Trained §‡ 78.9 ± 13.7 61.5 ± 17.0 56.6 ± 13.8
Cr Untrained § 38.5 ± 7.0 61.4 ± 18.3 69.7 ± 17.6
(mmol kg−1 dm) Trained §‡ 39.1 ± 6.1 55.1 ± 11.1 58.8 ± 15.9
PCr:(PCr + Cr) Untrained § 0.64 ± 0.07 0.44 ± 0.12 0.37 ± 0.13
Trained §‡ 0.66 ± 0.07 0.52 ± 0.12 0.50 ± 0.12
ATP Untrained 24.3 ± 2.2 24.1 ± 2.5 24.3 ± 3.5
(mmol kg−1 dm) Trained 24.4 ± 4.1 26.5 ± 6.2 24.1 ± 3.0
ADPfree Untrained § 131 ± 36 338 ± 239 409 ± 199
(μmol kg−1 dm) Trained § 109 ± 20 228 ± 66 248 ± 117
AMPfree Untrained § 0.8 ± 0.5 2.3 ± 0.8 13.5 ± 4.1*
(μmol kg−1 dm) Trained §‡ 0.6 ± 0.3 2.4 ± 1.5 3.2 ± 2.6
AMPfree:ATP Untrained § 0.04 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.03 0.56 ± 0.17
Trained §‡ 0.03 ± 0.02 0.10 ± 0.07 0.13 ± 0.09

Values are the mean ± SD, n = 11 untrained and 7 exercise trained participants. PCr, creatine phosphate; Cr, creatine; ADPfree, free adenosine diphosphate; AMPfree, free adenosine monophosphate, dm; dry muscle. *Significantly different to corresponding trained value. §Main effect for time. ‡Main effect for untrained compared to trained (P < 0.05).