Table 1.

Participant characteristics.

	Well-trained	Recreationally trained
	(n = 11)	(n = 10)
Age (years)	24.6 (2.3)	25.1 (3.5)
Height (cm)	183.1 (5.9)	179.4 (6.5)
BM (kg)	77.8 (9.2)*	92.3 (12.6)
BMI (kg · m2)	23.2 (1.9)*	28.7 (4.4)
$\stackrel{\bullet }{\text{V}}{\text{O}}_{2\text{max}}$ (L · min−1)	5.6 (0.6)**	4.3 (0.7)
$\stackrel{\bullet }{\text{V}}{\text{O}}_{2\text{max}}$ (ml · kg−1 · min−1)	71.9 (5.1)**	46.9 (2.5)
HRmax (beats · min−1)	197.9 (6.9)	199.5 (5.0)

Data are presented as mean (SD), BM, body mass measured at baseline; BMI, body mass index; V°O₂, oxygen uptake; HR, heart rate.

^*significant differences between groups (p ≤ 0.05),

^**significant differences between groups (p <0.001).