Table 1. Descriptive data from mechanical and physiological variables (n = 16).

		Non-athletes (n = 8)		Athletes (n = 8)		Total		Group	Intensity	Interaction
Variable		Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD	F (p)	F (p)	F (p)
Number of sprints (reps)*								1.2 (0.28)	173.3 (<0.001)	0.2 (0.79)
	115%PPO	17.13	±3.60	15.50	±3.34	16.31	±3.46
	130%PPO	9.13	±2.53	8.13	±1.81	8.63	±2.19
	170%PPO	4.63	±1.60	3.88	±1.25	4.25	±1.44
Mean power output (w)*								18.2 (0.001)	104.5 (<0.001)	4.0 (0.65)
	115%PPO	339.75	±28.69	411.25	±52.21	375.50	±54.95
	130%PPO	392.88	±44.05	515.38	±60.18	454.13	±81.22
	170%PPO	503.00	±50.50	653.38	±110.10	578.19	±113.48
Blood lactate (mmol.L−1)								13.9 (0.002)	4.46 (0.021)	1.9 (0.16)
	115%PPO	12.07	±0.82	14.37	±1.53	13.22	±1.68
	130%PPO	12.99	±1.53	13.66	±0.88	13.32	±1.25
	170%PPO	11.28	±1.60	13.07	±1.21	12.17	±1.65
Peak heart rate (bpm)#								2.3 (0.15)	309.6 (<0.001)	0.3 (0.74)
	115%PPO	180.88	±9.19	187.50	±8.72	184.19	±9.30
	130%PPO	180.63	±9.78	185.25	±9.15	182.94	±9.45
	170%PPO	174.13	±12.32	178.00	±10.45	176.06	±11.22
Heart rate (%HRmax)								1.5 (0.24)	162.2 (<0.001)	0.02 (0.98)
	115%PPO	93.88	±4.63	99.49	±4.02	96.68	±5.09
	130%PPO	93.76	±5.28	98.28	±4.17	96.02	±5.16
	170%PPO	90.37	±6.27	94.41	±4.34	92.39	±5.61

Notes.

^*all intensities are different between them (p < 0.001)

^#difference between 115% and 170% (p < 0.001)