Distinct Recovery Length and Multiple 1-RM Attempts for Both Upper and Lower Body Exercises

Scudese Estevão,Scartoni Fabiana Rodrigues,Silva-Grigoletto Marzo Edir Da,Senna Gilmar Weber,Oliveira Cristiano Queiroz De,Dantas Estélio Henrique Martin,Grotz Adolf,Vasconcelos Alan Bruno Silva

doi:10.23937/2469-5718/1510176

Abstract

Distinct Recovery Length and Multiple 1-RM Attempts for Both Upper and Lower Body Exercises

Highlights

The maximum repetition test (1-RM) has been used to verify the maximum force since the early days of resistance exercise scientific investigations [1,2] and is widely used as the gold standard measure for strength according to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) [3].When the goal is to increase levels of muscle strength and power, the ACSM suggests that 1-RM loads should be implemented in regular athlete training routine [4]
The present study aims to verify the responses of different rest period lengths on multiple attempts of the 1-RM in the Bench Press (BP) and Leg-Press (LP) exercises
The results shown that short rest periods (< 2-min) promoted a decrease in the performance of multiple attempts, and that longer rests (2 to 5-min) were the best option for maintaining performance in 1-RM sets for both exercises

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Introduction

The maximum repetition test (1-RM) has been used to verify the maximum force since the early days of resistance exercise scientific investigations [1,2] and is widely used as the gold standard measure for strength according to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) [3].When the goal is to increase levels of muscle strength and power, the ACSM suggests that 1-RM loads should be implemented in regular athlete training routine [4]. When designing a resistance exercise program, one should consider the manipulation of several methodological variables that might influence training outcomes, both acutely and chronically [4]. One of these variables that are crucial to strength training is the rest interval between sets already known to influence the metabolic, hormonal, cardiovascular, and neuromuscular responses [5,6,7,8,9,10,11].

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