Table 1 Physiological responses and RPE following the repeated sprint test (RST), and swimming times of the study participants. Data are means (±SD).

	Swimmers (n=19)	Water polo players (n=16)
Post RST Heart rate (beats·min-1)	175 (9)	178 (9)
Post RST Blood Lactate (mmol·L-1)	8.0 (2.9)	8.8 (2.2)
Post RST RPE (1 - 10)	7.4 (1.2)	6.8 (4.0)
25-m swim time (s)	11.65 (.31)*	12.26 (.30)
800-m swim time (min)	9.43 (1.20) *	11.43 (1.10)

* p<0.01