Table 2.

Bench Press Power before and after Conditioning Protocols

	PRE-COND (Mean ± SD) (W)	POST-COND (Mean ± SD) (W)	(POST-PRE) COND (Mean ± SD) (W)
65%–4	530.3 ± 65.9	556.8 ± 79.4 **	26.44 ± 13.78
65%–8	538.0 ± 61.8	530.8 ± 56.2	−7.22 ± 9.13 †,§
85%–4	541.7 ± 55.1	537.1 ± 57.2 *	−4.56 ± 4.95 †,§
85%–8	534.2 ± 58.0	554.7 ± 60.63 **	20.9 ± 10.13

PRE-COND= Pre-conditioning protocol mean power and standard deviation, POST-COND= Post-conditioning protocol mean power and standard deviation, POST—PRE COND= Mean power change

^*p=0.001,

^**p=0.025,

^†Significant differences between 65%–4 and 65%–8, (p =0.006), 85%–4, (p = 0.000),

^§Significant differences between 85%–8 and 65%–8, 85%–4 (p =0.002)