Table 4.

Characteristics (mean ± SD; 95% CI) by position (QB, RB, WR, TE, DB, LB, and LM) and position groupings (LM, SK (WR and DB), and BSK (QB, RB, TE, and LB)) in bench press repetition number, tonnage, and ratio- scaled and allometrically scaled tonnage.

Position	Repetition Number		Tonnage (kg)		Ratio-Scaled Tonnage (kg·BM−1)		Allometrically Scaled Tonnage (kg·BM−0.67)
QB (n = 2)	2.00 ± 0.00		204.00 ± 0.00		2.37 ± 0.00		3.53 ± 0.00
	(–)		(–)		(–)		(–)
RB (n = 7)	11.17 ± 4.88		1085.00 ± 417.65		11.96 ± 5.43		17.85 ± 8.11
	(6.05–16.28)		(646.70–1523.30)		(6.26–17.66)		(9.34–26.36)
WR (n = 13)	10.00 ± 3.27		840.00 ± 274.34		9.69 ± 2.70		14.46 ± 4.03
	(8.03–11.97)		(674.22–1005.78)		(8.06–11.32)		(12.03–16.89)
TE (n = 1)	12.00 ± 0.00		1224.00 ± 0.00		11.34 ± 0.00		16.92 ± 0.00
	(–)		(–)		(–)		(–)
DB (n = 18)	11.69 ± 6.19		981.75 ± 520.27		11.66 ± 5.68		17.40 ± 8.48
	(8.39–14.99)		(704.52–1258.98)		(8.63–14.68)		(12.88–21.91)
LB (n = 8)	13.25 ± 7.05		1351.50 ± 718.67		13.06 ± 6.64		19.49 ± 9.91
	(7.36–19.14)		(750.68–1952.32)		(7.51–18.61)		(11.21–27.78)
LM (n = 13)	10.64 ± 5.64		1028.50 ± 582.64		8.99 ± 4.86		13.41 ± 7.26
	(6.84–14.43)		(658.31–1398.69)		(5.90–12.08)		(8.80–18.02)
BSK (n = 18)	11.69 ± 6.23		1171.88 ± 618.09		11.87 ± 6.10		17.72 ± 9.10
	(8.37–15.01)		(842.52–1501.23)		(8.62–15.12)		(12.87–22.57)
SK (n = 31)	10.93 ± 5.09		918.21 ± 427.10		10.77 ± 4.62		16.08 ± 6.90
	(9.00–12.87)		(755.45–1080.67)		(9.02–12.53)		(13.46–18.71)
Pairwise Comparisons
	p value	d	p value	d	p value	d	p value	d
SK-BSK	1.000	0.13	0.368	0.48	1.000	0.20	1.000	0.20
SK-LM	1.000	0.05	1.000	0.22	0.941	0.38	0.942	0.38
BSK-LM	1.000	0.18	1.000	0.24	0.438	0.52	0.439	0.52