Original scientific paper
THE EFFECT OF TWO SEQUENCE PATTERNS IN RESISTANCE TRAINING ON STRENGTH, MUSCULAR ENDURANCE AND CIRCUMFERENCE IN NOVICE MALE ATHLETES
Hamid Arazi Arazi
; Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Siavash Rahmati
Samira Zaheri
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of two sequence
patterns in resistance training. A sequence push with pull
exercise (SPS /PL) and an alternative push with pull
exercise (APS/PL) were employed to study their effects
on strength in large and small muscle group. For this
purpose, 24 healthy male athletes were recruited to
participate in this study. Subjects (age 20.45 ± 1.99 years;
height 173 ± 3.87 cm; Body fat 14.54 ± 2.52%) had a
history of at least 3 to 6 months resistance training. The
subjects were randomly divided into 3 groups; a control
group (n=8), and two resistance training groups: a group
using the sequence push with pull exercise pattern (n=8);
and a group using the alternative push with pull exercises
pattern (n=8). The subjects trained for 10 weeks with
similar volume as the first two weeks with 60% 1RM (12
repetitions) that were terminated by the fifth two weeks
with 80% 1RM (8 repetitions). 3 sessions per week
consisted of 6 exercises leg extension, leg curl, rowing,
bench press, biceps curl, and triceps extension. Before and
after 10 weeks muscular endurance and strength were
measured. The data were analyzed using analysis of
variance (ANOVA). When appropriate, Scheffe post hoc
test comparisons were used to determine pair wise
differences. Significance in this study was set at (P <
0.05). The results did not indicate any significant
differences between the two training groups in strength
and endurance on upper and lower body muscles. Also,
there were no significant differences in weight, arm and
thigh circumference (p 0.05). Only differences were
significant for biceps endurance and triceps endurance (P
< 0.05). So, it can be concluded that both the training
patterns cause to increase strength in sequence push with
pull exercise and alternative push with pull exercises.
However, probably alternative push with pull exercise is
more appropriate than sequence push with pull exercises
for increasing muscular endurance in biceps and triceps.
Keywords
resistance training; alternative push with pull exercises; sequence push with pull exercise
Hrčak ID:
106255
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2013.
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