Ratings of perceived effort (RPE) and heart rate responses during a 4-km cycling time trial adopting different pacing strategies.
Data are reported as means±SD. Self-paced: pacing chosen by cyclist; All-out+mean: all-out start for the first 10 s followed by maintenance at mean baseline power for the remaining first km and self-paced thereafter; All-out+5%mean: all-out start for the first 10 s followed by maintenance of 5%-higher mean baseline power for the remaining first km and self-paced thereafter. *P<0.05 compared to the previous km (ANOVA).