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. 2020 Nov 19;130(2):498–507. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00745.2020

Table 3.

Simulated effect of training when OXPHOS activity is increased and peak Pi is decreased (set B of simulations)

Parameter Untrained Trained
OXPHOS activity, kOX 0.8 1.1 (↑37.5%)
 (in relation to standard)
Peak Pi (Pipeak), mM 25 22 (↓12%)
Variable
 V̇O2max, mM·min−1 10.50 11.83 (↑12.7%)
 AUTcrit, unitless 59 72 (↑22%)
 t0.63, s 29.2 22.8 (↓21.9%)

The changes in the parameter values cause changes in variable values. AUTcrit, critical ATP usage activity (corresponding to critical power); V̇O2max, maximal V̇O2; t0.63, characteristic transition time of the V̇O2 on-kinetics (analogous to τp).