Impact of Training Frequency on Mechanical Output and Perceived Exertion of Resistance Training with Velocity Loss Monitoring

Table 1. Comparison of mechanical outputs within and between sessions in the frequency of 4 times per week.

Variables	Session	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Average	ANOVA
MV_average (m·s^-1)	Session1	0.47 ± 0.06	0.46 ± 0.06	0.45 ± 0.06	0.46 ± 0.06	B: p = 0.301 W: p = 0.125 Interaction: p = 0.994
	Session2	0.47 ± 0.06	0.46 ± 0.07	0.45 ± 0.07	0.46 ± 0.06
	Session3	0.48 ± 0.07	0.47 ± 0.07	0.47 ± 0.07	0.47 ± 0.07
	Session4	0.48 ± 0.06	0.47 ± 0.07	0.46 ± 0.06	0.47 ± 0.07
	Average	0.47 ± 0.06	0.47 ± 0.06	0.46 ± 0.06
MV_fastest (m·s^-1)	Session1	0.53 ± 0.07	0.52 ± 0.07	0.51 ± 0.07	0.52 ± 0.07	B: p = 0.442 W: p = 0.890 Interaction: p = 0.613
	Session2	0.52 ± 0.07	0.53 ± 0.08	0.52 ± 0.07	0.52 ± 0.07
	Session3	0.54 ± 0.08	0.53 ± 0.06	0.55 ± 0.10	0.54 ± 0.07
	Session4	0.54 ± 0.06	0.54 ± 0.08	0.55 ± 0.11	0.53 ± 0.07
	Average	0.51 ± 0.06	0.53 ± 0.06	0.53 ± 0.07
MV_last (m·s^-1)	Session1	0.37 ± 0.07	0.36 ± 0.08	0.37 ± 0.06	0.37 ± 0.06	B: p = 0.851 W: p = 0.436 Interaction: F = 0.270, p = 0.949
	Session2	0.37 ± 0.07	0.36 ± 0.06	0.35 ± 0.08	0.36 ± 0.06
	Session3	0.38 ± 0.08	0.37 ± 0.09	0.36 ± 0.08	0.37 ± 0.07
	Session4	0.37 ± 0.07	0.38 ± 0.06	0.36 ± 0.05	0.37 ± 0.05
	Average	0.37 ± 0.04	0.37 ± 0.06	0.36 ± 0.06
N_set (n)	Session1	6.3 ± 2.2	6.8 ± 1.3	6.7 ± 1.4	6.6 ± 1.1	B: p = 0.095 W: p = 0.677 Interaction: p = 0.214
	Session2	7.1 ± 2.1	6.3 ± 1.6	6.5 ± 1.6	6.6 ± 1.3
	Session3	7.0 ± 1.3	7.4 ± 2.0	7.1 ± 2.1	7.2 ± 1.3
	Session4	5.6 ± 1.7	6.2 ± 1.5	6.9 ± 1.6	6.3 ± 1.1
	Average	6.5 ± 1.1	6.7 ± 1.0	6.8 ± 1.1

MV_average, average mean velocity per set; MV_fastest, fastest mean velocity per set; MV_last, last mean velocity per set; N_set, number of repetitions completed per set. B, between-session comparison; W, within-session comparison; Bold numbers indicate p values below 0.05.