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. 2017 Feb 13;3:9. doi: 10.1186/s40798-016-0069-5

Table 8.

Muscular endurance in different exercises performed by Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes (data are presented as the mean ± SD)

Athlete characteristics (n) Exercise Result (s or rep.) References
Male
 High level athletes (n = 14) Grip endurance with gi 54.4 ± 13.4 s Diaz-Lara et al. [106]
 Athletes—brown and black belt (n = 8) 28 ± 9 s Andreato et al. [4]
 Athletes—blue to black belt (n = 15) 41 ± 16 s Follmer et al. [90]
 High level athletes (n = 49) 40 ± 11 s Pietraszewska et al. [94]
 High level athletes (n = 10) 61 ± 19 s Pinho-Júnior et al. [96]
 Experienced—purple to black (n = 14) 45 ± 10 sa Silva et al. [38]
 Beginners—white belt (n = 14) 36 ± 10 s
 Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 10) 62 ± 14 sb,c Silva et al. [78]
 Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 10) 60 ± 0 sb,c
 Practitioners (n = 10) 43 ± 5 sc
 Beginners—white belt (n = 10) 28 ± 9 s
 High level athletes (n = 9) 63 ± 19 s Santos et al. [100]
 High level athletes (n = 10) 56 ± 11 sd Silva et al. [75]
 State level athletes (n = 10) 38 ± 11 s
 Athletes—blue to black belt (n = 15) Repetitions with gi 10 ± 5 rep Follmer et al. [90]
 High level athletes (n = 10) 15 ± 2 rep Pinho-Júnior et al. [96]
 Experienced—purple to black (n = 14) 10 ± 3 rep Silva et al. [38]
 Beginners—white belt (n = 14) 8 ± 3 rep
 High level athletes (n = 10) 18 ± 3 repb,c Silva et al. [78]
 State level athletes (n = 10) 17 ± 3 repb,c
 Practitioners (n = 10) 9 ± 3 rep
 Beginners—white belt (n = 10) 7 ± 3 rep
 High level athletes (n = 9) 15 ± 2 rep Santos et al. [100]
 High level athletes (n = 10) 15 ± 4 repd Silva et al. [75]
 State level athletes (n = 10) 8 ± 3 rep
 Beginner athletes—white and blue belt (n = 7) 10 ± 3 repe Coswig et al. [21]
 Experienced athletes—more than purple belt and national level (n = 7) 15 ± 2 rep
 High level athletes (n = 14) Bench press at 45% 1 RM 22 ± 8 rep Diaz Lara et al. [106]
 High level athletes (n = 8) Push-ups 41 ± 3 repf Marinho et al. [25]
 State level athletes (n = 10) 36 ± 3 rep
 High level athletes (n = 11) 39 ± 8 rep Vidal-Andreato et al. [1]
 High level athletes (n = 8) Sit-ups 46 ± 4 repf Marinho et al. [25]
 State level athletes (n = 10) 40 ± 3 rep
 State level athletes (n = 9) 52 ± 19 rep Ribeiro et al. [36]
 State level athletes (n = 9) 68 ± 11 rep
 Practitioners (n = 136) 62 ± 16 rep Schwartz et al. [16]
 High level athletes (n = 49) 35 ± 5 rep Pietraszewska et al. [94]
 High level athletes (n = 11) 52 ± 7 rep Vidal-Andreato et al. [1]

aSignificant difference versus beginners group from the same study

bSignificant difference versus recreational group from the same study

cSignificant difference versus beginners group from the same study

dSignificant difference versus non-elite group from the same study

eSignificant difference versus experienced group from the same study

fSignificant difference versus non-elite group from the same study