Table 3.
Exercise testing aerobic threshold parameters before (pre), 7 days (post-1), and 2-weeks (post-2) after intervention.
| Pre | Post-1 | % Δ | d Cohen | Post-2 | % Δ | d Cohen | Mixed factorial ANOVA, p-values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Pre-Post 1) | (Pre-Post 2) | Time | Condition | Time × condition | |||||||
| VO2, L·min−1 | RSH | 1.7 ± 0.1 | 1.6 ± 0.1* | −5.9 | 1.00 | 1.6 ± 0.1* | −5.9 | 0.00 | 0.023 | 0.485 | 0.539 |
| RSN | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 1.6 ± 0.1* | −5.9 | 0.67 | 1.6 ± 0.1* | −5.9 | 0.00 | 0.025 | |||
| Absolute Workload, watts | RSH | 120.0 ± 0.0 | 120.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 120.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.389 | 0.389 | 0.401 |
| RSN | 115.0 ± 12.2 | 115.0 ± 12.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 120.0 ± 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.82 | 0.401 | |||
| Time, min | RSH | 7.5 ± 0.0 | 7.5 ± 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.5 ± 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.388 | 0.388 | 0.389 |
| RSN | 7.0 ± 1.2 | 7.0 ± 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.5 ± 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.83 | 0.402 | |||
| HRmax, beats·min−1 | RSH | 150.2 ± 5.9 | 150.0 ± 8.0 | −0.1 | 0.03 | 148.5 ± 8.3 | −1.1 | 0.18 | 0.887 | 0.594 | 0.790 |
| RSN | 148.2 ± 8.0 | 146.7 ± 6.4 | −1.0 | 0.21 | 148.2 ± 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.27 | 0.918 | |||
Mean ± standard deviation; VO2 (absolute oxygen uptake), HRmax (maximal heart rate). RSH, repeated-sprint training in hypoxia; RSN, repeated-sprint training in normoxia. *Indicates differences with respect to baseline (post-hoc t-test with Bonferroni correction):
*
P < 0.05.