Table 2: Spearman’s correlations between absolute and relative strength as measured by the 5RM WL with percent potentiation of the 0-5 m, 0-10 m, and 0-20 m intervals in a 20-m sprint at ~15 s-16 min post 5RM WL performance. A negative correlation indicates a higher load was associated with a faster time.

Absolute Strength Relative Strength
ρ p ρ p
0-5 m
~15 s 0.197 0.612 0.200 0.606
2 min 0.197 0.612 -0.183 0.637
4 min -0.137 0.726 0.067 0.865
8 min 0.667 0.050* 0.117 0.765
12 min -0.111 0.793 -0.571 0.139
16 min 0.049 0.907 -0.429 0.289
Best 0.043 0.913 -0.133 0.732
0-10 m
~15 s 0.188 0.628 0.183 0.637
2 min 0.120 0.759 -0.350 0.356
4 min 0.026 0.948 -0.200 0.606
8 min 0.567 0.112 0.033 0.932
12 min -0.086 0.839 -0.738 0.037*
16 min -0.037 0.931 -0.524 0.183
Best -0.060 0.878 -0.400 0.286
0-20 m
~15 s 0.308 0.420 0.033 0.932
2 min 0.342 0.368 -0.083 0.831
4 min -0.060 0.878 -0.217 0.576
8 min 0.573 0.107 0.017 0.966
12 min 0.136 0.748 -0.643 0.086
16 min 0.717 0.046* 0.262 0.531
Best 0.026 0.948 -0.250 0.516

* Significant (p ≤ 0.05) relationship between the two variables.