Table 4. Physiological and biomechanical variables recorded during the cycle-run sessions. Data presented as mean ( SD).

 Parameters

Cycle
(72 rpm)

Run

Cycle
(84 rpm)

Run

Cycle
(97 rpm)

Run

 FVO2max (%)
74.0 (7.9)

76.8 (10.6)

77.7 (11.1)

79.5 (11.0)

78.7 (8.7)

78.5 (11.3)

 HR (bpm)

152 (12)

158 (15)

157 (12)

168 (12) †

159 (11) *

160 (12)

 Lactate (mmol·l-1)
 9.0 (3.2)

8.3 (3.2)

7.5 (3.8)

10.0 (3.3)

10.8 (4.9)

9.1 (4.0)

 RPE

13.8 (1.6)

14.4 (1.7)

14.0 (1.5)

15.1 (2.0)

14.3 (1.4)

15.0 (2.2)

 VE (l·min-1)
978 (12)

107 (19)

103 (13)

111 (17)

111 (14) *

108 (17)

 RER
.93 (.04)

.9 (.04)

.93 (.05)

.87 (.05)

.94 (.06)

.88 (.04)

 Stride length (m)

 

2.29 (.3)

 

2.37 (.35)

 

2.32 (.3)

 Stride frequency (Hz)

1.46 (.08)

 

1.45 (.07)

 

1.47 (.08)

 Hip angle foot-strike (°)

159 (3)

 

159 (4)

 

159 (2)

 Hip angle toe-off (°)

186 (6)

 

186 (4)

 

185 (4)

 Knee angle foot-strike (°)

163 (3)

 

164 (4)

 

163 (4)

 Knee angle toe-off (°)

159 (7)

 

160 (5)

 

160 (5)

 Running velocity(km·hr-1)

12.02 (1.87)

 

12.38 (1.89)

 

12.28 (1.58)

* Significantly different from the slow and preferred cycle-run sessions: p < 0.05.
† Significantly different from the slow cycle-run session: p= 0.025.