2.3. Outcomes Evaluations
After the interview, clinical evaluation, and anthropometric measurements, the women were conveniently assigned to the follicular or luteal phase after entering the data in the Flo application. Then, they were tested to determine peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak), peak velocity (Vpeak), and ventilatory anaerobic thresholds (VATs: VAT1 and VAT2). Subsequently, they were submitted to running exercise at submaximal work pace for 45 min (SWRE) for indirect calorimetry, as described below, both tests in the same phase of the cycle identified initially. Subsequently, the women performed eight training sessions, with 48 h of recovery. At the end of the training period, the women had their data entered again in the Flo application, to identify whether they were in the same phase that they were initially evaluated, if they were, they performed the final tests for new determinations of the VAEs and performed another SWRE, the cases not were in the same phase of the initial exams, they waited until they were in the same phase, to be reassessed. Only the training sessions were not performed only in the corresponding menstrual cycle phase (Three physical education professionals were trained to carry out the assessments and reassessments. Each of them always performed the same procedure: anamnesis, anthropometric measurements, or body composition. The participants were blinded to the groups they belonged to, and so were the professionals who evaluated their data.