Table 1. Periods and season average values for each variable. Data are means (±SD).
Variables P1 P2 P3 P4 Off-season Season average
Strength-related variables Sprint (s) N Men
Women
Total		 6.56 (.28)
7.21 (.41)
6.69 (.40)		 6.55 (.30)
7.07 (.50)
6.65 (.40)		 6.63 (.30)
7.18 (.56)
6.75 (.44)		 6.55 (.20)
7.35 (.56)
6.72 (.49)		 6.58 (.40)
7.40 (.36)
6.69 (.41)		 6.57 (.32)
7.17 (.46)
6.70 (.41)
MPV (m·s-1)N Men
Women
Total		 .66 (.60)
.58 (.03)
.64 (.06)		 .68 (.70)
.59 (.04)
.66 (.06)		 .69 (.80)
.62 (.06)
.67 (.09)		 .65 (.60)
.60 (.07)
.66 (.08)		 .65 (.80)
.57 (.01)
.64 (.08)		 .67 (.06)
.60 (.04)
.65 (.07)
MPP (W)N Men
Women
Total		 602 (73)
498 (29)
586 (86)		 588 (92)
512 (66)
573 (109)		 606 (101)
523 (66)
584 (110)		 568 (84)
494 (69)
571 (78)		 568 (100)
439 (13)
543 (116)		 588 (77)
501 (52)
571 (79)
RM (kg)N Men
Women
Total		 115 (6)
104 (7)
112 (8)		 112 (5)
105 (7)
111 (9)		 112 (6)
106 (6)
109 (8)		 111 (6)
104 (8)
110 (7)		 109 (5)
100 (4)
107 (7)		 112 (5)
105 (6)
110 (6)
RFD (N·s-1)N Men
Women
Total		 1704 (601)
1296 (331)
1378 (251)		 1564 (622)
1043 (118)
1164 (87)		 1359 (501)
1137 (378)
1188 (308)		 833 (166)
1193 (144)
962 (212)		 1080 (452)
834 (121)
842 (192)		 1396 (465)
1076 (324)
1173 (410)
Training load KM (week)N Total 95.2 (.9) 89.6 (8.7) 85.6 (8.1) 66.6 (12.5) --- 83.7 (5.3)
Zone (week)N Total 1.50 (.03) 1.70 (.08) 2.00 (.14) 1.80 (.11) --- 1.80 (.09)
Session-RPE
(week) N		 Men
Women
Total		 5.9 (.7)
6.0 (.7)
6.0 (.7)		 5.9 (.3)
6.2 (.5)
6.0 (.4)		 5.4 (1.0)
6.3 (.5)
5.6 (.6)		 5.3 (1.1)
6.3 (.3)
5.5 (1.1)		 --- 5.6 (.5)
6.2 (.3)
5.9 (.4)
Salivary-free cortisol CORT N
(ng·ml-1)		 Men
Women
Total		 11.1 (2.2)
12.1 (1.7)
11.3 (2.2)		 8.9 (2.4)
10.9 (2.3)
9.4 (2.4)		 11.1 (2.6)
10.7 (3.7)
11.0 (2.8)		 19.3 (3.6)
17.2 (.7)
18.9 (3.4)		 --- 12.0 (1.8
3.6 (4.3)
12.1 (2.3)
N = Normally distributed variable (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, p > 0.05). Abbreviations: Sprint = 50-metre sprints; MPV = mean propulsive velocity of half-squats; MPP = mean propulsive power of half-squats; RM = Repetition Maximum of half-squats; RFD = peak rate of force development of half-squats; KM (week) = average training distance in km per week; Zone (week) = average training zone per week; Session-RPE (week) = average session-rate of perceived exertion per week; CORT = Average basal salivary free cortisol levels.