Fig 1.
CONSORT diagram of the study.
Fig 2.
C, control group; TR, training group (40 weeks); TRD, training (20 weeks)—detraining (20 weeks) group; CINT, circuit integrated neuromuscular training; RMR, resting metabolic rate; 1for all groups (4-week adaptation period); 2only for TR and TRD; 3for all groups; 4acute metabolic measurements for TR and TRD (1 session per participant in each training phase: perceived exertion and heart rate measurement during the exercise session, oxygen consumption and blood lactate concentration before, during and after a session and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption after a session).
Table 1.
Participants’ baseline characteristics.
Table 2.
The characteristics of the training protocol across all training phases.
Table 3.
The exercises of the training protocol across all training phases.
Table 4.
Overload, physiological, and metabolic characteristics of the training protocol across all training phases.
Fig 3.
VO2max changes during the experimental period.
VO2max, maximal oxygen intake; *significant difference with baseline (p<0.05); ‡significant difference with the control group (p<0.05); #significant difference with previous time point (p<0.05); †significant difference between training and training-detraining groups (p<0.05).
Fig 4.
1RM changes during the experimental period.
1RM, one repetition maximum; *significant difference with baseline (p<0.05); #significant difference with previous time point (p<0.05).
Table 5.
Changes of anthropometric and performance variables, resting metabolic rate, habitual physical activity, and energy intake during the experimental period.
Fig 5.
Changes in daily energy balance in the control and experimental groups at pre- and mid-training.
RMR, resting metabolic rate; 1mean values for all groups; 2mean values for training and training-detraining groups.
Fig 6.
Changes in daily energy balance in the experimental groups at post-training and detraining.
RMR, resting metabolic rate.