Cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses to body mass-based squat exercise in young men

Table 1 Physical characteristics of subjects

Age, years	24.2 ± 4.8
Body mass, kilograms	65.4 ± 7.4
Height, centimeters	171.2 ± 5.1
Percent body fat, %	16.0 ± 4.4
KET/BM, newton-meter per kilogram	3.0 ± 0.9
BLa at LT, millimoles per liter	2.3 ± 0.5
%VO₂max at LT, %	46.5 ± 6.2
%HRmax at LT, %	65.8 ± 4.8

Data are presented as means ± SDs
KET/BM knee extension torque relative to body mass, BLa blood lactate concentration, LT lactate threshold, %VO ₂ max oxygen uptake during squat exercise relative to maximal oxygen uptake, %HRmax heart rate during squat exercise relative to maximal heart rate

ISSN: 1880-6805