Heightened muscle soreness 24 &48 hrs after squatting exercise explain the shortened SL as a strategy to limit their discomfort.
The aforementioned post-EIMD increase in VO2 during submaximal cycling is at odds with previous research.
Davies et al &Moysi et al : Adopt a similar mode of muscle-damaging exercise, with comparable decrements in muscle function - no changes in VO2 during submaximal cycling.