Table 4.
General dimensions | Higher Order Themes | Distance category | Statistics (ANOVA) | |||||
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sprint (n=8) | middle (n=7) | long (n=3) | p-value | df | F-value | Effect size (ƞ2) | ||
I. Swim Sessions | ||||||||
Common Sessions | Aerobic | 58.3 ± 22.1 | 37.5 ± 6.7 | 46.7 ± 5.8 | 0.067 | 2 | 3.26 | 0.30 |
VO2/Heart rate | 5.0 ± 9.3 | 14.3 ± 9.8 | 6.7 ± 11.5 | 0.204 | 2 | 1.77 | 0.19 | |
Threshold *$ | 2.5 ± 4.6 | 13.2 ± 5.5 | 23.3 ± 11.5 | 0.000 | 2 | 13.28 | 0.64 | |
Tolerance * | 1.3 ± 3.5 | 16.2 ± 10.6 | 10.0 ± 0.0 | 0.004 | 2 | 8.27 | 0.52 | |
Pure speed *$# | 29.2 ± 3.9 | 17.3 ± 4.6 | 6.7 ± 11.5 | 0.000 | 2 | 18.66 | 0.71 | |
Unique sessions | 5.0 ± 14.1 | 1.6 ± 4.2 | 10.0 ± 0.0 | 0.584 | 2 | 0.56 | 0.58 | |
II. Strength & Conditioning Sessions | ||||||||
Common Sessions | Power $ | 32.3 ± 15.7 | 21.4 ± 2.4 | 6.7 ± 11.5 | 0.016 | 2 | 5.52 | 0.42 |
Strength | 44.8 ± 24.0 | 35.7 ± 7.3 | 13.3 ± 23.1 | 0.081 | 2 | 2.99 | 0.29 | |
Unique sessions | Hypertrophy | 15.6 ± 16.9 | 7.1 ± 12.2 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.239 | 2 | 1.56 | 0.17 |
Metabolic conditioning *$# | 7.3 ± 13.7 | 35.7 ± 7.3 | 80.0 ± 34.6 | 0.000 | 2 | 22.05 | 0.75 |
Post-hoc paired comparisons: ANOVA power analysis - critical F = 3.68 to achieve effect size of 0.8 at α = 0.05
* p < 0.05 - significant difference between sprint and middle distance groups
$ p < 0.05 - significant difference between sprint and long distance groups
# p < 0.05 - significant difference between middle and long distance groups.