Open AccessInfluence of very short rest period lengths on repeated one maximun repetition bench press performance
Author(s) -
Estêvão Scudese,
Gilmar Weber Senna,
Cristiano Queiroz,
Estélio Henrique Martins Dantas,
Roberto Simão,
Fernandes Guerra,
Jeffrey M. Willardson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
revista andaluza de medicina del deporte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.15
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2172-5063
pISSN - 1888-7546
DOI - 10.1016/j.ramd.2016.05.002
Subject(s) - bench press , rest (music) , perceived exertion , repetition (rhetorical device) , psychology , exertion , set (abstract data type) , physical therapy , zoology , mathematics , medicine , resistance training , computer science , heart rate , linguistics , philosophy , blood pressure , biology , programming language
ObjectiveThe purpose of this investigation was to compare different rest period lengths between consecutive one maximum repetition bench press attempts on performance and ratings of perceived exertion.MethodEighteen trained men (27.95±4.25 years; 81.00±9.21kg; 174.62±3.34cm; bench press relative strength 1.33±0.11kg/kg of body mass) participated in three randomly ordered sessions that required two consecutive one maximum repetition bench press attempts with 20, 40, or 60-s rest between attempts.ResultsThe Cochran Q analysis showed no significant differences in the ability to successfully perform a second one maximum repetition attempt with 20, 40, or 60-s rest between attempts (p=0.882). Specifically, no significant differences were found in the successful completion of the first and second attempts for the 20-s (p=0.317), 40-s (p=0.083), and 60-s (p=0.157) trials, respectively. Briefly, for both 20 and 60-s rest conditions Δ%=88.88% of subjects successfully performed the second attempt and, for the 40-s protocol, only Δ%=83.33% completed. For the pre and post-set ratings of perceived exertion, the shorter rest period (20-s) promoted significantly higher values compared to the longer rest periods (pre-set ratings of perceived exertion, p=0.04; post-set ratings of perceived exertion, p=0.023).ConclusionsThe results of this study can be applied to recreationally trained individuals with the intent of generating a time-efficient process for conducting a valid and reliable one maximum repetition bench press assessment