Table 1. Mean (±standard deviation) values for maximum strength and muscular endurance before and after the 8-weeks training intervention.
Test
Group
Pre
95% CI
Post
95% CI
P-value
Effect Size
g
Magnitude
BP
MRT
79.00 (13.49)
69.34-88.65
84.50 (11.65)
76.16-92.84
0.368
0.41
Small
1RM (kg)
CT
77.50 (1637)
65.79-89.21
82.00 (14.18)
71.85-92.14
0.253
0.28
Small
LP-D
MRT
73.50 (7.83)
67.89-79.10
80.50 (7.97)
74.79-86.21
0.135
0.84
Large
1RM (kg)
CT
76.50 (13.55)
66.81-86.19
81.00 (11.25)
72.95-89.05
0.334
0.34
Small
PusU
MRT
21.90 (6.04)
17.57-26.22
24.60 (7.16)
19.47-29.73
0.370
0.39
Small
(reps)
CT
21.90 (7.89)
16.25-27.54
23.40 (6.14)
19.00-27.79
0.618
0.21
Small
PullU
MRT
7.60 (3.53)
5.07-10.13
9.60 (2.87)
7.54-11.66
0.165
0.59
Medium
(reps)
CT
6.50 (2.83)
4.46-8.53
8.40 (3.56)
5.85-10.95
0.187
0.56
Medium
CI =Confidence Interval; MRT = manual resistance training group (n = 10); CT = conventional strength training group (n = 10); BP = Bench Press; LP-D = Lat pull-down; PusU = Push-up; PullU = Pull-ups.