Table 3. Relationships (Spearman’s correlations) between HRV
NOC and morning salivary level of cortisol, the amounts of hard and easy training, and overall training load during the different weeks of the study.
| Week |
Cortisol (µg/L) |
Hard training (min) |
Easy training (min) |
Training load |
| 1 |
-0.833* |
-0.287 |
-0.071 |
-0.095 |
| 2 |
-0.238 |
-0.036 |
-0.048 |
-0.132 |
| 3 |
-0.524 |
0.024 |
-0.238 |
-0.143 |
| 4 |
-0.833* |
-0.571 |
-0.264 |
-0.143 |
* p < 0.05
