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A Case Study Of Muscular Strength, Endurance, And Power Responses To A 6-Week High Intensity Training Program, John Amtmann, Edd, Kelly Amtmann, Msn, Rn, Jake Kukay, William K. Spath

Applied Health Sciences

We evaluated the muscular strength, endurance, and power responses of 12 college students, ranging in age from 19-40 years, who participated in a 6-wk high-intensity training program commonly used to improve muscular endurance. Muscular strength was measured by a one repetition maximum (1RM) bench press test and a 1RM Hammer bench press test; muscular endurance was measured by administering a 70-percent 1RM test to failure on the Hammer bench press; and upper body power was measured by adminstering a medicine ball throw test. We observed a 4.8-percent improvement of 2.7 kg on the bench press, a 14.6-percent improvement of 10.5 …