Power output at 50% 1RM.

<p>Power in the early time intervals at 50% 1RM in the three groups before and after 4-week training intervention. ** = significantly different from pre-test (p < .01).</p

Power output at 30% 1RM.

<p>Power in the early time intervals with the 30% 1RM in the three groups before and after 4-week training intervention. ** = significantly different from pre-test (p < .01).</p

Peak power output (W) in the three groups before and after the 4-week training intervention.

<p>Peak power output (W) in the three groups before and after the 4-week training intervention.</p

Example of a training session schedule.

<p>Example of a training session schedule.</p

Power output at 70% 1RM.

<p>Power in the early time intervals at 70% 1RM in the three groups before and after 4-week training intervention. * = significantly different from pre-test (p < .05); ** = significantly different from pre-test (p < .01).</p

Throwing velocities in the three groups before and after the 4-week training intervention.

<p>Throwing velocities in the three groups before and after the 4-week training intervention.</p

Manipulating graded exercise test variables affects the validity of the lactate threshold and - Fig 7

<p>(A-B) Bland-Altman plots displaying agreement between measures of the power associated with the (A) OBLA 3.0 mmol^.L^-1, (B) OBLA 3.5 mmol^.L^-1 calculated from <b>GXT</b>_<b>10</b> and the MLSS. The differences between measures (y-axis) are plotted as a function of the mean of the two measures (x-axis) in power (Watts). The horizontal solid line represents the mean difference between the two measures (i.e., bias). The two horizontal dashed lines represent the limits of agreement (1.96 x standard deviation of the mean difference between the lactate threshold and the maximal lactate steady state). The dotted diagonal lines represent the boundaries of the 95% CI for MLSS reliability (CV = 3.0%; 95%; CI = 3.8%) calculated from Hauser et al., 2014) (OBLA = onset of blood lactate accumulation.).</p

Representative blood lactate curve with 14 LTs calculated from GXT₄ (participant #9).

<p>The power of the MLSS was 302 W and the blood lactate concentration was 2.85 mmol^.L^-1. Log-log = power at the intersection of two linear lines with the lowest residual sum of squares; log = using the log-log method as the point of the initial data point when calculating the D_max or Modified D_max; poly = Modified D_max method calculated using a third order polynomial regression equation; exp = Modified D_max method calculated using a constant plus exponential regression equation; OBLA = onset of blood lactate accumulation; B + absolute value = the intensity where blood lactate increases above baseline.</p

Mean and standard deviation of —highest measured during any graded exercise test (GXT); GXT -highest measured during each GXT; VEB highest measured during each verification exhaustive bout (VEB); , highest measured during either the GXT or corresponding VEB.

<p>Mean and standard deviation of GXT duration, max power (Watts) from each GXT, percentage of maximum power from the prolonged GXT expressed as a percentage of W maximum power from GXT₁ and power of each VEB (Watts) from the GXTs. Relative power of the verification exhaustive bout expressed as a percentage (%) of the maximal power measured during the GXT. The subscript (i.e., 1, 3, 4, 7 or 10) refers to the stage duration (minutes) for each test.</p

Descriptive data of each group.

<p>Descriptive data of each group.</p