Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume
18
Issue
3
First Page
1
Last Page
12
Publisher
MDPI
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
35515
Abstract
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This study aimed (I) to compare the number of repetitions that can be completed to failure (XRM) and before reaching a 15%, 30%, or 45% velocity loss threshold (XVLT) in the bench press exercise performed using different grip widths, and (II) to examine the inter-individual variability in the percentage of completed repetitions with respect to the XRM when the set volume is prescribed based on a fixed number of repetitions (FNR) and several velocity loss thresholds (VLT). Nineteen men performed four separate sessions in a random order where there was a single set of repetitions completed to failure against 75% of the one-repetition maximum during the Smith machine bench press exercise using a narrow, medium, wide, or self-selected grip widths. The XRM (p = 0.545) and XVLTs (p ≥ 0.682) were not significantly affected by grip width. A high and comparable inter-individual variability in the percentage of completed repetitions with respect to the XRM was observed when using both an FNR (median CV = 24.3%) and VLTs (median CV = 23.5%). These results indicate that Smith machine bench press training volume is not influenced by the grip width and that VLTs do not allow a more homogeneous prescription of the set volume with respect to the XRM than the traditional FNR.
DOI
10.3390/ijerph18031057
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Comments
Pérez-Castilla, A., Jukic, I., Haff, G. G., & García-Ramos, A. (2021). The bench press grip width does not affect the number of repetitions performed at different velocity loss thresholds. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), article 1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031057