Table 4. Average frequency (Mean ± SD, % Total Volume) of swimming and strength & conditioning sessions prescribed weekly to elite swimmers with different event specialisation (sprint, middle and long distance).
General dimensions |
Higher Order Themes |
Distance category |
Statistics (ANOVA) |
sprint (n=8) |
middle (n=7) |
long (n=3) |
p-value |
df |
F-value |
Effect size (Æž2) |
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.