Clinical Study
Very Low Volume High-Intensity Interval Exercise Is More Effective in Young Than Old Women
Table 1
Subjects’ characteristics and fitness results in young and older women.
| | Young N = 10 | Old N = 9 | value (unpaired -test) |
| Age (Y) | 19.5 ± 1.3 | 65.7 ± 2.8 | <0.001 | Height (cm) | 169 ± 4.8 | 164.4 ± 6.3 | 0.094 | Body mass (kg) | 62.1 ± 8.5 | 75.8 ± 15.02 | 0.024 | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.6 ± 2.3 | 27.9 ± 5.3 | 0.003 | Fat free mass (%) | 47.7 ± 3.8 | 44.5 ± 4.9 | 0.138 | V02 Peak (ml/kg/min) | 32.9 ± 4.9 | 20.4 ± 6.1 | <0.001 | Peak heart rate (b/min) | 192.3 ± 8.1 | 150.2 ± 20.4 | 0.002 | Peak power (W) | 221.7 ± 31.1 | 152.6 ± 22.6 | <0.001 |
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Values given are mean ± standard error of the mean.
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