Table 4. Performance data from the pre and post test. Data are means (±SD).
POL PYR
Average ap bdCohen Average ap bdCohen cdCohen dp
Swim Test (Sec) Pre 882.2 ± 112.5 0.028 -0.60 892.0 ± 106.4 0.028 -0.54 -0.09 0.945
Post 826.5 ± 67.5 840.7 ± 83.0 -0.19 0.999
VT2 SWIM (m/s) Pre 1.1 ± 0.1 0.028 -0.60 1.1 ± 0,1 0.028 -0.54 -0.09 0.945
Post 1.0 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.1 -0.19 0.999
Bike VT1 (power,W) Pre 137.5 ± 20.9 0.027 1.05 155.0 ± 22.4 0.017 1.40 -0.81 0.181
Post 158.3 ± 18.6 187.9 ± 24.5 -1.34 0.051
Bike VT2 (power,W) Pre 225.8 ± 38.0 0.043 0.58 244.3 ± 36.2 0.027 0.53 -0.50 0.366
Post 244.2 ± 23.5 263.6 ± 37.0 -0.61 0.234
MAP (power,W) Pre 312.5 ± 30.0 0.027 0.93 330.0 ± 40.7 0.018 0.90 -0.48 0.534
Post 338.3 ± 25.6 361.4 ± 27.8 -0.86 0.234
Bike VO2max (ml/kg/min) Pre 50.5 ± 2.9 0.027 0.95 54.1 ± 5.1 0.026 0.50 -0.86 0.234
Post 53.7 ± 3.7 57.0 ± 6.2 -0.63 0.366
Run VT1 (speed.m/s) Pre 3.4 ± 0.1 0.024 0.84 3.4 ± 0.1 0.02 1.01 -0.49 0.534
Post 3.5 ± 0.2 3.5 ± 0.1 -0.13 0.999
Run VT2 (speed.m/s) Pre 3.8 ± 0.2 0.102 0.61 3.9 ± 0.2 0.025 0.27 -0.72 0.295
Post 3.9 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.2 -0.65 0.295
MAS (speed.m/s) Pre 4.4 ± 0.2 0.066 0.46 4.5 ± 0.2 0.034 0.25 -0.42 0.628
Post 4.5 ± 0.2 4.5 ± 0.2 -0.23 0.731
Run VO2max (ml/kg/min) Pre 52.8 ± 4.1 0.072 0.69 58.1 ± 3.9 0.18 0.11 -1.32 0.035
Post 55.0 ± 1.7 58.6 ± 3.8 -1.19 0.101
VT, Ventilatory threshold; VO2max, maximal oxygen uptake; MAP, maximal aerobic power; MAS, maximal aerobic speed. a Nonparametric contrast for Wilcoxon related samples. b “d” of Cohen comparing pre and post test. c “d” of Cohen Polarized and pyramidal. d Nonparametric contrast for Wilcoxon.