Table 4.
Testosterone (pg ml−1) and cortisol (ng ml−1) responses from pre-, post-, and 24-h post- a traditional (TRAD), superset (SS), and tri-set (TRI) resistance training protocol
| Pre- M ± SD |
Post- M ± SD |
Pre–Post %Δ ± 90% CI |
Pre–Post ES ± 90% CI |
Pre–Post Inference |
Post 24 h- M ± SD |
Pre–24 h %Δ ± 90% CI |
Pre–24 h ES ± 90% CI |
Pre–24 h Inference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testosterone (pg ml−1) | |||||||||
| TRAD | 139.6 ± 76.8 | 138.5 ± 55.4 | −0.70 ± 10.7 | −0.02 ± 0.23 | Unclear | 135.9 ± 84.3 | −2.6 ± 18.4 | −0.06 ± 0.40 | Unclear |
| SS | 132.8 ± 67.8 | 143.7 ± 74.7 | 8.2 ± 4.9 | 0.18 ± 0.29 | Possible ↑ | 150.3 ± 61.6 | −13.1 ± 20.3 | 0.28 ± 0.41 | Possible ↑ |
| TRI | 127.0 ± 68.6 | 133.9 ± 71.0 | −5.4 ± 12.4 | 0.11 ± 0.26 | Possible ↑ | 124.4 ± 61.0 | −2.1 ± 15.3 | −0.05 ± 0.34 | Unclear |
| Cortisol (ng ml−1) | |||||||||
| TRAD | 0.21 ± 0.23 | 0.10 ± 0.07 | −50.29 ± 10.90 | −0.88 ± 0.27 | Almost certain ↓ | 0.16 ± 0.18 | −22.0 ± 16.7 | −0.31 ± 0.27 | Likely ↓ |
| SS | 0.20 ± 0.21 | 0.14 ± 0.17 | −28.33 ± 22.40 | −0.43 ± 0.40 | Likely ↓ | 0.25 ± 0.22 | 27.1 ± 40.4 | 0.31 ± 0.41 | Possible ↑ |
| TRI | 0.17 ± 0.24 | 0.15 ± 0.13 | −14.10 ± 33.00 | −0.16 ± 0.40 | Unclear | 0.18 ± 0.20 | 5.6 ± 30.2 | 0.06 ± 0.30 | Unclear |
M ± SD mean ± standard deviation, % Δ percentage change, ES effect size, 90% CI 90% confidence interval, ↑ increase, ↓ decrease