Table 2

Physiological responses during the simulated 20 km time trial (20TT) Pre- and Post-Taper. Values are Mean (SD). T30 (30% reduction in weekly training volume; n = 5), T50 (50% reduction in weekly training volume; n = 5), T80 (80% reduction in weekly training volume; n = 5). * indicates significantly different from Pre-test, p ≤ 0.05; #indicates p = 0.057 from Pre-test.

Variable
Pre-Taper
Post-Taper


T30
T50
T80
T30
T50
T80

Time (min)
27:03(1:29)
26:34(0:56)
26:10(2:58)
27:40(2:34)
25:25(1:23)#
25:31(2:07)
VO2 (L·min-1)
3.28 (0.54)
4.04 (0.24)
4.09 (0.59)
3.17 (0.56)
4.22 (0.11)
4.15 (0.39)
%VO2max
74.6%
86.9%
84.7%
72.1%
90.7%
85.3%
VCO2(L·min-1)
3.39 (0.95)
3.82 (0.26)
3.84 (0.49)
3.31 (0.93)
4.07 (0.21)
4.07 (0.31)
VE (L·min-1)
81.0 (17.2)
102.1 (12.2)
103.1(13.2)
81.7 (16.4)
95.0 (5.9)
106.1 (10.2)
VE/VO2
24.7 (1.9)
25.3 (2.2)
25.2 (1.1)
25.8 (1.0)
22.5 (1.7) *
26.1 (1.2)
RER
1.03 (0.07)
0.95 (0.02)
0.94 (0.03)
1.04 (0.03)
0.97 (0.04)
0.98 (0.03)
HR (b·min-1)
169 (5)
175 (9)
173 (13)
173 (4)
174 (13)
179 (5)
O2 pulse (mL·b-1)
19.3 (2.8)
23.2 (2.4)
23.6 (1.8)
18.3 (3.3)
24.3 (2.2)
21.9 (1.4)
Hb/Mb-O2 (mV)
-455 (270)
-731 (155)
-770 (183)
-403 (170)
-1167 (224) *
-847 (106)
RPE
13.9 (2.3)
16.2 (1.6)
16.3 (1.3)
14.9 (2.0)
16.8 (1.5)
16.3 (1.2)
Thigh Skinfold (mm)
8.9 (1.8)
9.2 (1.7)
9.0 (1.9)
9.0 (1.9)
9.1 (1.6)
9.2 (1.8)

Neary et al. Dynamic Medicine 2005 4:4   doi:10.1186/1476-5918-4-4