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Table 2 Heart rate, blood lactate, speed, distance, and duration of a single bout of exercise in each exercise training period

From: Modulating effects of exercise training regimen on skeletal muscle properties in female polo ponies

Parameters

Consecutive exercise training periods for 1 year

B

(22 weeks)

L

(4 weeks)

LM

(4 weeks)

LMP (22 weeks)

LM session

M

TM session

OM session

Distance covered (km)

-

6.6 ± 0.2

7.3 ± 0.1

7.3 ± 0.3

2.8 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.01

Duration (min)

-

58.3 ± 1.2

60.3 ± 0.6

60.1 ± 0.5

11.3 ± 0.8

7.9 ± 0.3

Speed (km/h)

Maximum speed

-

-

16.9 ± 1.1

17.0 ± 0.7

37.1 ± 5.2

47.4 ± 2.9

Average speed

-

6.7 ± 0.1

6.7 ± 0.7

6.7 ± 0.8

14.7 ± 1.2£†

10.4 ± 0.4£† ¶

HR (bpm)

Resting HR

37.1 ± 1

37.3 ± 1.3

36.0 ± 2.5

36.7 ± 1.6

38.0 ± 2.0

42.3 ± 3.5

Maximum HR

-

41.7 ± 2.9

144.3 ± 20.5

147.3 ± 13.3

175.0 ± 5.2

195.3 ± 13.1

Average HR

-

38.0 ± 4

72.0 ± 4*

68.3 ± 4.4

132.3 ± 4.5£ †

137.0 ± 5.0£ †

% HRmax

17 ± 1.1

19 ± 1.3

65.6 ± 6.2

66.8 ± 4.1

80 ± 1.7£ †

88.8 ± 6.7£ †

Blood lactate (mmol/L)

Before exercise

-

<0.9

1.4 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.1

1.2 ± 0.1

Immediately after exercise

<0.9

<0.9

1.1 ± 0.1

1.1 ± 0.1

4.2 ± 0.8†

8.9 ± 0.6† ¶

  1. The activities in each period are different in the exercise intensity (means ± SD) (n = 4)
  2. B basal activity, L low intensity exercise, LM low to moderate intensity exercise, LMP low to moderate intensity exercise plus match play, M match play, TM training match, OM official match, HR Heart rate
  3. £ p < 0.01; significantly different from L period
  4. † p < 0.01; significantly different from LM
  5. ¶ p < 0.01; significantly different from TM
  6. * p < 0.01; significantly different from L period