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Abstract

Nine male Physical Education students were selected to test the hypothesis that addition of CO₂ to the inspired air during recovery will cause significant increases in ventilation above control conditions and that recovery from submaximal exercise will be enhanced by the addition of 2.78% or 5.80% CO₂ to room air. The exercise was administered for six minutes at a workload predetermined to elicit 75% of his maximal oxygen uptake. The dependent variables (heart rate, ventilation, oxygen uptake, and carbon dioxide elimination) were subjected to a one way analysis of variance and significant F ratios evaluated using Dunnett's Test. Ventilation is increased significantly (p.05) increase ventilation; there is however a significant (p