2.4.1. Maximal Oxygen Uptake (
An incremental running test was conducted on a treadmill following a 3 min warm-up at 8 km/h. The initial speed was 10 km/h, which was progressively increased by 2.0 km/h every 2 min until 14 km/h was reached. Once speed reached 14 km/h, it was increased by 0.6 km/h every 1 min until voluntary exhaustion [