Post-prandial carbohydrate ingestion during 1-h of moderate-intensity, intermittent cycling does not improve mood, perceived exertion, or subsequent power output in recreationally-active exercisers

Figures & data

Table 1 Characteristics of participants

Table 2 Characteristics of exercise sessions by treatment

Figure 1 Wingate Anaerobic Test Performance Outcomes (mean ± SD). WPK1  =  peak power for the first W_AnT; WAVG1  =  mean power for the first W_AnT; WAVG1-3  =  mean power averaged across all 3 W_AnT; No differences were found among beverages (p  >  0.05). W = water; NCE  =  flavored non-caloric electrolyte beverage; CE  =  flavored caloric electrolyte beverage.

Figure 2 Ratings of perceived exertion by time point and beverage (mean ± SD). †  =  (p  <  0.001) between RPE for all other time points during 50 min of sub-maximal cycling. No main effect exhibited for beverage type during sub-maximal cycling (p  =  0.72) or for S (p  =  0.88). S  =  session RPE; W  =  water; NCE  =  flavored non-caloric electrolyte beverage; CE  =  flavored caloric electrolyte beverage.

Table 3 Responses to 100-mm visual analogue scale items