Table 1.
Physical characteristics of the barbell and discs used in the study.
Fig 1.
Experimental design and timeline of the pre-exercise assessment, familiarization and experimental sessions.
bpm, beats per minute; 1-RM, 1 repetition maximum; 50% (V50), 70% (V70), and 90% (V90) of maximal concentric velocity.
Fig 2.
Graphical representation of discs’ distribution on the barbell.
X, distance between mid-line and the disc; H1, thickness of the first disc; H2, thickness of the second disc; H3, thickness of the third disc; A, the acromion-acromion distance; D, distribution of the disc stacks on the two sides of the barbell corresponding to a distance equal to either 275% or 325% of A.
Table 2.
REPfailure, RPEfatigue, and %REPfatigue descriptive statistics during bench press exercises performed with different load distributions, velocities, and loads.
Table 3.
Post-hoc pairwise comparisons of the main effects between REPfailure, RPEfatigue, and %REPfatigue at different load distributions, velocities, and loads.