REST INTERVALS: EFFECTS ON THE TOTAL WORK OF A TRADITIONAL RESISTANCE TRAINING SESSION IN YOUNG MEN

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of two different rest intervals (IR) on the total work (TT) of a traditional resistance training session. Twelve men (24,1 ± 3,6 years) active physically, done in this order 3 sets of the exercises: leg press, bench press, latpulldown, triceps curl, biceps curl, with 60 (P60) or 120 (P120) seconds of IR. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) 2 x 3 with repeated measures was used with post-hoc of LSD. The TT decreased in subsequent sets independet of the IR in all exercises (p<0,05); despite P120 did not maintain the TT in the 3 sets, the sum of TT was higher when compared with P60 (p<0,05), except in leg press exercise.