Reliability of power and velocity variables collected during the traditional and ballistic bench press exercise |
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| Authors: | Amador García-Ramos G Gregory Haff Paulino Padial Belén Feriche |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Sport Sciences, Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Granada, Granada, Spain;2. Center for Exercise and Sport Science Research, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This study aimed to examine the reliability of different power and velocity variables during the Smith machine bench press (BP) and bench press throw (BPT) exercises. Twenty-two healthy men conducted four testing sessions after a preliminary BP one-repetition maximum (1RM) test. In a counterbalanced order, participants performed two sessions of BP in one week and two sessions of BPT in another week. Mean propulsive power, peak power, mean propulsive velocity, and peak velocity at each tenth percentile (20–70% of 1RM) were recorded by a linear transducer. The within-participants coefficient of variation (CV) was higher for the load–power relationship compared to the load–velocity relationship in both the BP (5.3% vs. 4.1%; CV ratio = 1.29) and BPT (4.7% vs. 3.4%; CV ratio = 1.38). Mean propulsive variables showed lower reliability than peak variables in both the BP (5.4% vs. 4.0%, CV ratio = 1.35) and BPT (4.8% vs. 3.3%, CV ratio = 1.45). All variables were deemed reliable, with the peak velocity demonstrating the lowest within-participants CV. Based upon these findings, the peak velocity should be chosen for the accurate assessment of BP and BPT performance. |
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| Keywords: | Load–power relationship load–velocity relationship linear position transducer peak velocity |
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