Table 1. Characteristics of the testing load and different load-velocity relationship models.
  Load 1 Load 2 Load 3 Load 4 Load 5 1RM Model %1RM-MV relationship %L0-MV relationship
Male
Session
1
 Load (kg) 63.3 ± 13.7 92.5 ± 10.9 117.0 ± 18.3 137.3 ± 24.0 159.3 ± 28.0 176.5 ± 35.5 Slope (s· m -1) -0.85 ± 0.17 -0.67 ± 0.09
Velocity (m·s-1) 1.05 ± 0.15 0.88 ± 0.12 0.73 ± 0.10 0.58 ± 0.08 0.40 ± 0.08 0.25 ± 0.06 Intercept (%L0) 1.26 ± 0.11 1.00 ± 0.00
Session
2
 Load (kg) 65.8 ± 10.8 95.0± 10.0 120.8 ± 21.5 139.0 ±24.1 162.9 ± 25.4 174.3 ± 36.6 Slope (s· m -1) -0.79 ± 0.07 -0.63 ± 0.07
Velocity (m·s-1) 1.06 ± 0.10 0.88 ± 0.08 0.71 ± 0.08 0.58 ± 0.06 0.40 ± 0.05 0.25 ± 0.06 Intercept (%L0) 1.24 ± 0.09 1.00 ± 0.00
Female
Session
1
 Load (kg) 40.0 ± 3.7 58.5 ± 5.0 73.2 ± 8.4 82.7 ± 10.1 93.4 ± 10.3 103.9 ±11.7 Slope (s· m -1) -0.90 ± 0.10 -0.70 ± 0.06
Velocity (m·s-1) 0.98 ± 0.09 0.81 ± 0.08 0.65 ± 0.06 0.53 ± 0.07 0.40 ± 0.05 0.27 ± 0.03 Intercept (%L0) 1.28 ± 0.05 1.00 ± 0.00
Session
2
 Load (kg) 41.8 ± 4.4 61.5 ± 6.7 72.0 ± 7.8 81.0 ± 10.4 93.2 ± 10.8 108.7 ± 13.4 Slope (s· m -1) -0.87 ± 0.11 -0.68 ± 0.06
Velocity (m·s-1) 1.01 ± 0.07 0.82 ± 0.07 0.71 ± 0.08 0.60 ± 0.08 0.47 ± 0.08 0.28 ± 0.04 Intercept (%L0) 1.28 ± 0.07 1.00 ± 0.00
1RM, one repetition-maximum; MV, mean velocity; L0, load-intercept.