In addition, there was a strong trend toward significant differences in the relative VO2 at 100 W (P=0.058, effect size: 0.38 and 0.35 for SE and ES, respectively) in the SE and ES groups, with no differences between groups ( Figure 3 ).
Interestingly, in the present study we observed a significant reduction in the absolute oxygen consumption at 100 watts (corresponding to 85.6 and 70.2% of W max before and after training, respectively) and a statistical trend toward significant reductions in relative oxygen consumption at the same intensity.