Table 3. Results for maximal reach, maximal moves to failure, and bouldering performance with effect sizes (ES) for the pre-post change. Maximal reach is given as number of the rung reached, whereas moves to failure and bouldering performance are given as the total number of moves performed successfully before failure.
|
Control group (n = 5) |
2 weekly sessions (n = 6) |
4 weekly sessions (n = 5) |
| Pre |
Post |
ES |
Pre |
Post |
ES |
Pre |
Post |
ES |
| Max reach |
7.6 ± 0.6 |
7.4 ± 0.6 |
0.33 |
7.3 ± 0.8 |
7.8 ± 0.8 |
0.63 |
7.2 ± 0.8 |
7.8 ± 1.1 |
0.63 |
| Max moves |
17.2 ± 5.6 |
23.2 ± 7.8* |
0.90 |
28.8 ± 17.0 |
46.5 ± 23.7* |
0.87 |
24.8 ± 23.8 |
42.0 ± 21.6* |
0.76 |
| Bouldering |
10.1 ± 3.5 |
9.9 ± 3.5 |
0.06 |
9.8 ± 3.7 |
10.8 ± 3.4* |
0.30 |
9.0 ± 3.5 |
9.7 ± 3.4 |
0.20 |
* = Significantly different from pre-test results (p < 0.05).
