TABLE 3.
Slope testing between the individual changes in hormones and the strength and body composition outcomes across both training protocols. Data are presented as means ± SD.
| Predictor | Predicted | All (n = 24) |
Stronger (n = 12) |
Weaker (n = 12) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testosterone (pg·mL−1) | BP 1RM (kg) | 1.98 ± 7.54 | 3.12 ± 4.83* | 0.51 ± 10.2 |
| SQ 1RM (kg) | 2.61 ± 7.79 | 5.39 ± 6.31* | -0.95 ± 7.87 | |
| BM (kg) | -0.76 ± 3.54 | -0.48 ± 2.27 | -1.09 ± 4.92 | |
| BF (%) | -1.35 ± 4.76 | -0.92 ± 1.82 | -1.85 ± 7.30 | |
| FM (kg) | -1.44 ± 5.41 | -0.87 ± 1.95 | -2.10 ± 8.32 | |
| FFM (kg) | 0.67 ± 2.37 | 0.39 ± 0.89 | 1.00 ± 3.63 | |
| Cortisol (ng·mL−1) | BP 1RM (kg) | 0.83 ± 9.79 | 4.45 ± 6.36* | -3.27 ± 11.7 |
| SQ 1RM (kg) | 2.30 ± 13.0 | 8.35 ± 13.3* | -4.57 ± 8.24 | |
| BM (kg) | 0.31 ± 1.25 | 0.18 ± 1.29 | 0.45 ± 1.23 | |
| BF (%) | -0.11 ± 0.93 | -0.21 ± 0.94 | 0.02 ± 0.93 | |
| FM (kg) | 0.01 ± 1.05 | -0.15 ± 0.96 | 0.19 ± 1.15 | |
| FFM (kg) | 0.30 ± 0.92 | 0.33 ± 1.02 | 0.26 ± 0.82 |
Note: BP = bench press, SQ = back squat, 1RM = one repetition maximum, BM = body mass, BF = body fat, FM = fat mass, FFM = fat-free mass.
*
Significant slope p ≤ 0.05.