Table 3.
Results of strength evaluation.
| Evaluation 1: Normothermia |
Evaluation 2: Pre-Heating |
Differences. | % Change | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untrained Group (n = 15) | |||||
| Load (kg) | 161.9 ± 49.7 | 198.8 ± 50.7 * | +36.8 ± 27.6 | 26.9 ± 28.9 | 0.797 |
| Repetitions | 4.3 ± 0.9 | 4.0 ± 1.2 | −0.3 ± 1.4 | −2.3 ± 35.1 | 0.169 |
| RM (kg) | 178.5 ± 56.7 | 217.6 ± 59.2 * | +39.1 ± 34.5 | 26.7 ± 33.5 | 0.798 |
| Relative RM | 2.7 ± 0.6 | 3.2 ± 0.6 * | +0.6 ± 0.6 | 26.4 ± 33.0 | 0.798 |
| Muscular RM | 5.6 ± 1.2 | 6.8 ± 1.1 * | +1.1 ± 1.1 | 23.8 ± 32.3 | 0.797 |
| RPE | 8.0 ± 0.9 | 8.4 ± 0.9 | +0.4 ± 0.7 | 5.1 ± 9.8 | 0.421 |
| Trained group (n = 15) | |||||
| Load (kg) | 257.054.9 ++ | 282.0 ± 59.8 ++** | +25.0 ± 6.5 | 9.9 ± 6.2 + | 0.888 |
| Repetitions | 4.5 ± 0.7 | 4.8 ± 0.4 | +0.3 ± 0.7 | 8.8 ± 17.0 | 0.424 |
| RM (kg) | 285.0 ± 62.4 +++ | 314.9 ± 1.0 +** | +30.0 ± 21.0 | 11.0 ± 7.2 | 0.886 |
| Relative RM | 3.6 ± 0.9 ++ | 4.00 ± 1.9 +** | +0.4 ± 0.3 | 10.5 ± 7.2 | 0.886 |
| Muscular RM | 7.8 ± 1.7 ++ | 8.7 ± 1.9 +** | +0.9 ± 0.5 | 11.4 ± 6.6 | 0.854 |
| RPE | 7.5 ± 0.7 | 8.3 ± 0.8 * | +0.80 ± 1.0 | 11.5 ± 14.7 | 0.630 |
RM: maximum repetition. Mann–Whitney U test: differences between groups in each day: + p < 0.05; ++ p < 0.01; +++ p < 0.001. Wilcoxon test: differences between days 1 and 2 for each study group: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01. R: effect size between days for each group separately.