Table 1. Physical characteristics of the subjects and other observed variables.

Subject

Age

Height

Mass

Vcrit

D'

MAnP

V50

50m Best

%WR

Sp

 

(yrs)

(m)

(kg)

(m·s-1)

(m)

(W·kg-1)

(m·s-1)

(m·s-1)

(%)

 

1

20

1.75

81.9

0.989

9.38

11.2

1.217

1.316

65.8

Br

2

21

1.54

60.7

0.771

6.14

12.7

0.878

1.020

51.0

Bt

3

20

1.70

67.1

0.670

18.88

9.1

0.946

1.010

50.5

Fr

4

20

1.72

60.7

0.800

9.70

10.1

0.992

1.042

52.1

Fr

5

19

1.69

64.6

0.978

4.96

10.1

1.087

1.136

56.8

Br

6

20

1.72

71.0

0.869

10.40

9.7

1.094

1.149

57.4

Br

7

19

1.78

83.0

0.943

12.56

10.3

1.232

1.250

62.5

Br

8

19

1.80

61.5

0.947

9.56

12.2

1.176

1.205

60.2

Br

9

19

1.73

63.5

0.858

12.98

9.2

1.151

1.235

61.7

Br

10

21

1.55

49.2

0.717

9.28

11.2

0.904

0.904

45.2

Fr

11

19

1.76

58.0

0.861

8.23

10.5

1.032

1.111

55.5

Br

Mean

19.7

1.70

65.6

.855

10.19

10.6

1.064

1.125

56.2

SD

0.9

0.09

10.0

0.106

3.73

1.2

0.124

0.123

6.2

Vcrit, critical velocity; D’ curvature constant of the hyperbolic relationship between swimming velocity and its time to exhaustion; MAnP, maximal anaerobic power; V50, average velocity of 50-m time trial. 50m Best, average swimming speed calculated from the best record of 50m breaststroke swimming of each subject;  %WR, percentage of the current world record; Sp, most favorite swimming style of each subject; Br, breaststroke; Bt, butterfly; Fr, free-style, respectively.