Abstract
This study used manipulation of dietary intake and substrate utilization to dissociate the ventilatory (TVE) and lactate (TLAC) thresholds, and investigated the role of the thresholds in perception of effort as measured by the Borg 15-category rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scale. Thirteen males performed graded exercise tests following: a) glycogen depletion (GD) and 3 d on a high-carbohydrate diet (HC, 93% total daily energy intake as carbohydrate), b) GD and 3 d on a low-carbohydrate diet (LC, 21%), and c) a mixed-carbohydrate diet (NC, 51%). During submaximal exercise at intensities between 30 and 90% of peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), significant differences among conditions (P less than 0.05) were obtained for carbon dioxide elimination, respiratory exchange ratio, and plasma lactate, with HC greater than NC greater than LC. Mean (+/- SD) TLAC occurred at different (P less than 0.05) percentages of VO2peak, with HC (55.6 +/- 2.9%) less than NC (59.6 +/- 2.9%) less than LC (63.8 +/- 2.8%). Means for TVE were not different. RPE at TLAC were significantly different (P less than 0.01) among conditions, with HC (12.6 +/- 0.6) less than NC (13.8 +/- 0.6) less than LC (14.3 +/- 0.7), but RPE at TVE were not different. It was concluded that the perception of exertion as becoming "somewhat hard" to "hard" is more closely linked to TVE than to TLAC.
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