High-intensity aerobic exercise
RPE, W.
Each exercise session was completed on an upright recumbent bike (SCIFIT, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA). Each session started with a 5-min warm-up at 10 W. Following the warm-up, the participants performed three, 3-min intervals of cycling at 75% of their maximum power output, based on the maximum power output achieved during the final fully completed minute during the exercise stress test. Each interval was separated by 3-min of low intensity cycling against 10 W of resistance. The total duration of each aerobic exercise session lasted 23-min. BP, HR, and RPE were recorded every 3-min until the end of the protocol. Immediately following the exercise protocol, participants proceeded with motor training. All exercise sessions were supervised and monitored by a researcher, and the relative power output target was adjusted for each interval, thereby ensuring the target intensity was achieved during each exercise interval throughout the study.