Table  1.   VO2 max and body composition before and after the 7 days of training


Variable Before Training After Training

 VO2 max, l/min 3.4 ± 0.2  3.5 ± 0.2 
 VO2 max, ml · kg-1 · min-1 45.0 ± 2.0  46.1 ± 1.7 
Body mass, kg 77.0 ± 2.5  76.7 ± 2.6 
Body fat, %  9.2 ± 1.4  10.6 ± 1.4 
Skinfold sum, mm 70.7 ± 9.3  72.5 ± 10.2

Data are means ± SE; n = 9 subjects. VO2 max, maximum rate of oxygen consumption. There were no changes in any of these parameters with training.