Table 3.
Repetition test (10 MR) before and after 24 sessions of training in the group performing a single set (1-SET, n=11) and in the group performing three sets (3-SET, n=8)
| Exercises in kg | Group | Pre (mean ± SD) |
Post (mean ± SD) |
Δ (mean ± SD) |
Δ % (mean ± SD) |
P-value | Effect size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bench press | 1-SET | 13.8±1.7 | 21.6±3.2 | 7.8±2.1 | 56.5±13.8 | <0.0001* | 4.59 |
| 3-SET | 14.3±3.5 | 22.0±4.0 | 7.8±2.0 | 57.5±21.0 | <0.0001* | 2.20 | |
| Deadlift | 1-SET | 10.0±3.8 | 16.5±3.6 | 6.5±2.4 | 60.0±23.5 | <0.0001* | 1.71 |
| 3-SET | 13.3±3.8 | 20.5±4.1 | 7.3±1.5 | 73.2±28.8 | <0.0001* | 1.89 | |
| Rowing | 1-SET | 19.5±2.7 | 26.6±2.5 | 7.1±3.7 | 38.3±20.4 | <0.0001* | 2.63 |
| 3-SET | 16.9±2.6 | 26.5±2.6 | 9.6±2.1 | 58.8±17.8 | <0.0001* | 3.69 | |
| Calf raise | 1-SET | 21.8±3.5 | 38.6±2.3 | 16.8±3.4 | 79.1±22.0 | <0.0001* | 4.80 |
| 3-SET | 25.0±2.8 | 40.6±8.6 | 15.6±5.6 | 66.1±28.5 | <0.0001* | 5.57 |
Notes:
*
P≤0.001, versus pretest; Δ % = average percent difference between pre- and post-tests. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
Abbreviations: MR, maximum repetitions, SD, standard deviation.