Table 2. Mean propulsive velocity (m · s-1) estimated for each load (% 1RM) and relative contribution of the propulsive phase to the total concentric duration in the three bench press variations: full ROM (BPFULL), two-thirds (BP2/3) and one-third (BP1/3) (n = 42).
Load (%1RM) BPFULL BP2/3 BP1/3
MPV
(m·s-1)		 95% CI (m·s-1) Propulsive phase (%) MPV
(m·s-1)		 95% CI (m·s-1) Propulsive phase (%) MPV
(m·s-1)		 95% CI (m·s-1) Propulsive phase (%)
30 1.23 ± 0.07 1.20-1.25 73 1.06 ± 0.07# 1.04-1.08 72 0.83 ± 0.08#* 0.80-0.85 73
35 1.15 ± 0.06 1.13-1.17 76 0.99 ± 0.07# 0.97-1.01 76 0.77 ± 0.07#* 0.75-0.79 78
40 1.07 ± 0.06 1.06-1.09 79 0.91 ± 0.07# 0.89-0.93 79 0.70 ± 0.07#* 0.68-0.72 82
45 0.99 ± 0.06 0.97-1.01 81 0.84 ± 0.06# 0.82-0.86 82 0.64 ± 0.06#* 0.62-0.66 85
50 0.91 ± 0.05 0.89-0.93 84 0.77 ± 0.06# 0.75-0.78 85 0.58 ± 0.06#* 0.56-0.60 89
55 0.83 ± 0.05 0.81-0.85 86 0.70 ± 0.06# 0.69-0.72 88 0.53 ± 0.06#* 0.51-0.55 92
60 0.76 ± 0.05 0.75-0.78 88 0.64 ± 0.05# 0.63-0.66 90 0.48 ± 0.06#* 0.46-0.50 94
65 0.68 ± 0.05 0.67-0.70 90 0.57 ± 0.05# 0.56-0.59 92 0.43 ± 0.05#* 0.41-0.45 96
70 0.61 ± 0.05 0.60-0.63 92 0.51 ± 0.05# 0.50-0.53 94 0.38 ± 0.05#* 0.36-0.39 98
75 0.54 ± 0.05 0.53-0.55 94 0.45 ± 0.04# 0.44-0.47 96 0.34 ± 0.05#* 0.32-0.35 99
80 0.47 ± 0.04 0.46-0.48 95 0.40 ± 0.04# 0.39-0.42 97 0.30 ± 0.04#* 0.28-0.31 100
85 0.41 ± 0.04 0.40-0.42 97 0.35 ± 0.04# 0.34-0.36 99 0.26 ± 0.04#* 0.24-0.27 100
90 0.34 ± 0.04 0.33-0.35 98 0.30 ± 0.04# 0.29-0.31 99 0.23 ± 0.04#* 0.22-0.24 100
95 0.28 ± 0.03 0.27-0.29 99 0.25 ± 0.04# 0.24-0.26 100 0.20 ± 0.04# 0.19-0.21 100
100 0.21 ± 0.03 0.19-0.22 100 0.20 ± 0.03 0.19-0.22 100 0.17 ± 0.04 0.16-0.19 100
MPV: Mean propulsive velocity; CI: confidence interval;#significantly different to the BPFULL;* significantly different to the BP2/3 (p < 0.001).