Table 2.

RPE and the affective response after the 1st, 3rd, 9th, and 18th session.

	RPE				Affect response
	1	3	9	18	1	3	9	18
Pre-training	7.6 ± 1.5	7.2 ± 1.1	7.6 ± 1.4	6.8 ± 0.8	0.5 ± 1.1	1.1 ± 1.1	0.2 ± 0.4	0.2 ± 0.8
Post-training	16.0 ± 1.9∗	13.8 ± 2.6∗†	12.9 ± 2.7∗†‡	11.5 ± 2.2∗†‡§	−0.3 ± 1.3	−0.2 ± 1.5	0.2 ± 0.6	0.7 ± 0.9

Values are presented as mean ± S D. RPE: rating of perceived exertion.

∗p < 0.001 from pre-training, ^†p < 0.001 from the 1st session, ^‡p < 0.05 from the 3rd session, ^§p < 0.05 from the 9th session.