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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2012 Aug 4;113(3):577–589. doi: 10.1007/s00421-012-2464-z

Table 4.

Optimum load expressed as percentage of body weight (BW; medians of individual values for each group) that provides maximum power output.

Group CMJa
(Ppeak)
CMJa
(Pmean)
SJ
(Ppeak)
SJ
(Pmean)
Sedentary 1.00 1.05 0.95 0.85
Active 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Speed 1.00 1.05 1.00 1.05
Strength 1.00 1.10 1.05 1.00

Chi-Square X2 0.37 0.58 3.93 0.58
p - value 0.95 0.90 0.27 0.90

CMJa – countermovement jump with the arm swing; SJ- squat jump; Ppeak – peak power; Pmean – mean power.