Table 1.

Mean absolute load, average velocity (± SD) with the four push-up and bench press loads and the percentage of body mass (+weight vest) that had to be lifted in the four push-up conditions.

Load	1	2	3	4
Push-up with(out) weight vest	0 kg	+10 kg	+20 kg	+30 kg
Body Mass plus weight vest (kg)	83.7 ± 10.6	93.7 ± 10.6	103.7 ± 10.6	113.7 ± 10.6
Actual Load lifted (kg)	52.3 ± 6.8	59.5 ± 6.4	66.7 ± 6.2	73.9 ± 6.8
% of body mass (+weight vest)	62.6 ± 4.3*	63.7 ± 3.6*	64.4 ± 3.4	65.1 ± 3.4#
Mean velocity (m/s)	0.86 ± 0.19	0.71 ± 0.15	0.57 ± 0.15	0.43 ± 0.15
Bench press
Actual load lifted (kg)	50 ± 14.9	60 ± 14.9	70 ± 14.9	80 ± 14.9
Mean velocity (m/s)	0.84 ± 0.15	0.69 ± 0.13	0.55 ± 0.14	0.43 ± 0.16

^*indicates a significant difference compared to all other conditions (p < 0.05)

^#indicates a significant difference compared to all other conditions except the +20 kg condition (p < 0.05)