TABLE 3.

Changes in body mass, body fat%, skeletal muscle mass and serum creatinine during the training period.

		Day 1	Day 6	Day 8	Day 10	Δ (%) day 1–10
Body mass (kg)	EXC	74.4 ± 10.7	72.9 ± 9.8 p < 0.001 day1_6	72.6 ± 9.6 p < 0.001 day1_8	72.6 ± 9.5 p < 0.001 day1_10	−3.9 ± 1.7
	REC	78.2 ± 9.7	74.6 ± 9.2 p < 0.001 day1_6	77.1 ± 8.6 p < 0.001 day1_8 p < 0.001 day6_8	75.5 ± 9.0 p < 0.001 day1_10 p < 0.001 day6_10 p < 0.001 day8_10	−3.0 ± 2.1
Body fat%	EXC	13.8 ± 4.8	12.8 ± 3.9 p < 0.001 day1_6	10.4 ± 3.3 p < 0.001 day1_6 p < 0.001 day6_8	9.0 ± 3.5 p < 0.001 day1_10 p < 0.001 day6_10 p < 0.001 day8_10	−37.0 ± 9.6
	REC	14.1 ± 5.2	11.5 ± 5.6 p < 0.001 day1_6	10.9 ± 4.7 p < 0.001 day1_8	10.9 ± 4.7 p < 0.001 day1_10	−20.1 ± 11.4
Skeletal muscle mass (kg)	EXC	36.2 ± 4.6	35.9 ± 4.8 p < 0.001 day1_6	36.9 ± 4.8 p < 0.001 day6_8	37.3 ± 4.8 p < 0.001 day6_10	1.4 ± 2.5
	REC	38.0 ± 3.7	37.1 ± 3.1 p < 0.001 day1_6	38.6 ± 3.2 p < 0.001 day6_8	38.0 ± 3.3 p < 0.001 day6_10 p = 0.003 day8_10	−0.2 ± 2.5
Creatinine (μmol/l)	EXC	89.8 ± 11.4	82.4 ± 12.2 p < 0.001 day1_6	88.4 ± 11.9 p = 0.017 day6_8	91.9 ± 10.1 p < 0.001 day6_10	2.2 ± 10.2
	REC	89.2 ± 9.4	85.2 ± 12.6	91.1 ± 8.4	91.6 ± 9.2 p = 0.031 day6_10	2.1 ± 12.5

For body mass, body fat% and skeletal muscle mass n = 42, 38, 27, 25 (EXC) and n = 26, 22, 22, 20 (REC) for days 1, 6, 8 and 10 respectively. For creatinine n = 32, 26, 27, 25 (EXC, respectively) and n = 20, 18, 18, 18 (REC). Significant differences are presented within the groups.