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Table 10.

Bench press and back squat 1RM results according to playing position and competition level in adult male basketball players

Study	Playing position	Competition level	Category	Bench press (kg)	Squat (kg)
Balabinis et al. [98]	All	Greek undergraduate-aged teams	Amateur	85.2 ± 0.4
Balsalobre-Fernandez et al. [99]	All	Spanish Pro Liga ACB	Professional	101.9 ± 12.5^S/M
Ben Abdelkrim et al. [65]	All (U20)	Tunisian National Team	Representative	76.7 ± 8.9	183.3 ± 17.8
Ben Abdelkrim et al. [65]	All	Tunisian National Team	Professional	87.7 ± 14.3	201.5 ± 16.2
Cabarkapa et al. [124]	All	NCAA D1^(NBA)	Collegiate		153.3 ± 26.2
Cabarkapa et al. [124]	All	NCAA D1^(Pro)	Collegiate		144.6 ± 23.8
Chaouachi et al. [67]	All	Tunisian National Team	Professional	79.0 ± 6.0	143.0 ± 13.4^a
Dawes and Spiteri [51]	All	NCAA D2	Collegiate	96.2 ± 17.0^	134.4 ± 19.3^
de Sousa Fortes et al. [59]	All	State Basketball Championship Brazil	Professional		187.9 ± 22.9^S/M
Delextrat and Cohen [114]	All	BUSA D1 and D2	Representative-Collegiate	91.9 ± 25.6
	First Team	BUSA D1	Representative	101.3 ± 26.9
	Second Team	BUSA D2	Collegiate	82.5 ± 24.0
Freitas et al. [70]	All	Spanish Liga EBA D4	Semi-professional	85.8 ± 20.3^S/M,v	157.4 ± 22^S/M,a
Freitas et al. [71]	All	Spanish Liga EBA D4	Semi-professional	76.4 ± 14.2^S/M,v	149.1 ± 23.0^S/M,a
Gillam [119]	All	NCAA D2	Collegiate	76.3 ± 11.3	115.9 ± 18.0
Gomes et al. [72]	All	PSBC	Professional	105.9 ± 18.3
Hoffman et al. [103]	All	NCAA D1	Collegiate	84.1 ± 12.2	119.4 ± 25.2
Hoffman et al. [102]	All	NCAA D1	Collegiate	87.4 ± 14.3	140.7 ± 21.0
Hoffman et al. [104]	All 88–89	NCAA D1	Collegiate	88.1 ± 14.5	143.4 ± 24.3
	All 89–90	NCAA D1	Collegiate	97.0 ± 19.2	145.9 ± 24.4
	All 90–91	NCAA D1	Collegiate	101.6 ± 20.2	155.9 ± 18.6
	All 91–92	NCAA D1	Collegiate	102.1 ± 19.1
Hunter et al. [120]	All	Collegiate U.S	Collegiate	79.5 ± 11.8
Hunter et al. [105]	All	NCAA D1A	Collegiate	91.4 ± 18.5	139.3 ± 7.4
Kariyawasam et al. [56]	All	National Level Sri Lanka	Professional	111.6 ± 64.1
Parr et al. [121]	Guard	NBA	Professional	86.6 ± 14.9^h
	Forward	NBA	Professional	101.1 ± 20.8^h
	Centre	NBA	Professional	69.9 ± 0.0^h

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation

1RM one repetition maximum, 88–89 data collected from collegiate team during the 1988–90 season, 89–90 data collected from collegiate team during the 1989–90 season, 90–91 data collected from collegiate team during the 1990–91 season, 91–92 data collected from collegiate team during the 1991–92 season, BUSA British Universities Sports Association, D1 Division one competition, D2 Division two competition, D4 Division four competition, Liga ACB Liga Endesa Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto, Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado, NBA National Basketball Association, NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association, PSBC Paulista State Basketball Championships, U20 under 20 years of age competition, ^a indicates half squat, ^h indicates measured using hydraulic isokinetic bench press, ^(NBA) indicates collegiate player who went on to play in the NBA after college, ^(Pro) indicates collegiate player who went on to play professionally outside of the NBA after college, ^S/M indicates Smith Machine, ^V indicates 1RM estimated using velocity measures, ^ indicates 1RM calculated from 3RM testing