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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Mar 19;127(2):447–456. doi: 10.1007/s10549-011-1444-z

Table 1.

Planned progression of training in POWIR over 12 monthsa

Month Jump
Lower body
Upper body
Intensity Sets Reps Intensity Sets Reps Intensity Sets Reps
1 None None None 0% BW 1–2 8–12 13–15 RM 1–2 12–14
2 0–1% BW 1–2 10 1–3% BW 1–2 8–12 11–13 RM 1–2 10–12
3 1–3% BW 3–4 10 3–5% BW 1–2 8–12 9–11 RM 1–2 8–10
4–6 3–7% BW 5–6 10 5–10% BW 1–2 8–12 8–10 RM 1–2 6–8
7–9 7–10% BW 6 10 10–15% BW 1–2 8–12 8–10 RM 1–2 8–10
10–12 10% BW 6 10 15% BW 1–2 8–12 8–10 RM 1–2 8–10
a

Intensity for jumps and lower body exercises set as a % of body weight (BW) loaded into weighted vests. Intensity for upper body exercises set as a Repetition Maximum (RM): the number of repetitions completed at a set weight. Higher RM indicates a lower workload (participant is doing lower weight for more repetitions) and a lower RM indicates a higher workload