Respiratory Exchange Ratio (a.u.),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,60-min avg,,Baseline,,End of cooling,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,Participant ,Placebo,Beetroot,Placebo,Beetroot,Placebo,Beetroot,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,1,0.78,0.78,0.78,0.84,0.76,0.83,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,2,0.88,0.91,0.86,0.98,0.84,0.95,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,3,0.90,0.89,0.88,0.86,0.93,0.85,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,4,0.88,0.96,0.83,0.87,0.99,0.91,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,5,0.86,0.94,0.79,0.89,0.93,0.96,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,6,0.87,0.92,0.88,0.99,0.92,0.88,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,7,0.80,0.91,0.78,0.82,0.77,0.83,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,8,0.90,0.87,0.86,0.86,0.85,1.00,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,9,0.86,0.85,0.84,0.83,0.80,0.88,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,10,0.89,0.87,0.83,0.86,0.88,0.88,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,11,0.81,0.99,0.92,0.96,0.92,1.05,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,12,0.95,0.85,0.92,0.76,0.91,0.89,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,13,0.86,0.84,0.84,0.92,0.97,0.77,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,Mean,0.86,0.89,0.89,0.89,0.89,0.89,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,SD,0.05,0.06,0.06,0.06,0.06,0.06,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,