a	Slope of the fatigue-free F/v profile
A	Amplitude of the extra-vascular lactate concentration
AFC	Amplitude of oxygen consumption during the fast component of EPOC
AMP	Amplitude of the metabolic power
AP	Amplitude of the maximal dynamic power output
ASC	Amplitude of oxygen consumption during the slow component of EPOC
Aw	Amplitude of the metabolic work
b, bi	the intercept of the F/v profile with the y-axis for data point i
BGC	Blood glucose concentration
BLC	Blood lactate concentration
${\mathrm{BLC}}_{\max }$	Maximal blood lactate concentration
BLC(t)	Post-exercise blood lactate concentration
BLC(0)	Pre-exercise blood lactate concentration
BM	Body mass
CE	Caloric equivalent
CP	The limiting value of maximal dynamic power output
EPOC	Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption
F	Mean pedal force
F/v	Force/velocity
F(v)	Mean pedal force as a function of pedaling rate
F(PRi)	Mean pedal force in connection with cadence i
H	The amplitude of optimal efficiency
Hi	Gross efficiency associated with data point i
H0	The baseline amplitude of optimal efficiency
	The ith segment of the total time subdivided into n segments
k1	Rate constants for the appearance of BLC
k2	Rate constants for the disappearance of BLC
LAO2E	${\mathrm{O}}_2$–lactate equivalent
MHC	Myosin heavy chain
MP	Metabolic power
P	Output of external/mechanical propulsive power
P/v	Power/velocity
P(v)	Mechanical power output as a function of pedalling rate
PCr	Phosphocreatine
Pmax, Pmax,i	Maximal power output derived from P/v profile, maximal power output for data point i
Pmax(t)	Maximal mechanical power output as a function of time, i.e., the dynamic maximal power output
PR, PRi	Pedaling rate, cadence associated with data point i
PRmax	Maximal pedaling rate, maximal cadence
RER	Respiratory exchange rate
rpm	Revolutions of the crank per minute, cadence
T	Exercise duration
TD	Time delay
v	Velocity of the crank or pedal
$\dot{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_2$	Oxygen uptake
VO2	Oxygen consumption during exerise
$\dot{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_{2\mathrm{Base}}$	Baseline of oxygen uptake at rest
$\dot{\mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{O}}_{2\mathrm{EPOC}}$	Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption
${\mathrm{VO}}_{2\mathrm{PCr}}$	Oxygen consumption required to replenish PCr post-exercise; oxygen consumption during the fast component of EPOC
VO2SC	Oxygen consumption during the slow component of EPOC
WAER	Aerobic energy supply
WBLC	Lactic energy supply
WP, WP,i	External work, external work for data point i
WPCr	Phosphagenic energy supply, alactic energy supply
WTOT, WTOT,i	Total energy supply, total energy expended during pedal stroke i
ΔBLC	Blood lactate accumulation
η	Efficiency
ηopt,i	Optimal efficiency for data point i
ηopt	Optimal efficiency
τFC	Time constant of the fast component of EPOC(t)
τSC	Time constant of the slow component of EPOC(t)
τP	Time constant of maximal external power output
τMP	Time constant of metabolic power
τW	Time constant of metabolic work
τη	Time constant of optimal efficiency
$\in$	In
$\forall$	For all