Table 3. Normalized mean RMS (%) of the countermovement jump performance across all time (mean ± SD).
Phase Baseline Post 30 seconds ES Post 3 minutes ES Post 6 minutes ES Post 9 minutes ES
VM
CRT ECC 32.96 ± 10.1 31.12 ± 10.92 –0.17 32.35 ± 9.01 –0.06 30.94 ± 13.64 –0.17 31.95 ± 9.26 –0.1
CON 75.54 ± 20.92 78.8 ± 23.26 0.15 78.43 ± 18.05 0.15 72.14 ± 19.32 –0.17 71.9 ± 20.49 –0.18
20%VRT ECC 35.75 ± 8.03 35.13 ± 11.19 –0.06 36.31 ± 9.45 0.06 35.54 ± 10.83 –0.02 37.43 ± 16 0.13
CON 83.68 ± 30.32 81.91 ± 2.5 –0.08 79.7 ± 25.26 –0.14 79.49 ± 22.97 –0.16 79.8 ± 18.84 –0.15
30%VRT ECC 33.86 ± 6.98 34.6 ± 8.77 0.09 32.22 ± 6.57 –0.24 32.31 ± 8.14 –0.2 34.2 ± 7.35 0.05
CON 69.25 ± 11.11 75.41 ± 13.77 0.49 76.42 ± 14.34†  0.56 68.62 ± 13.37 –0.05 65.18 ± 20.15 –0.25
40%VRT ECC 29.69 ± 13.48 30.35 ± 12.52 0.05 29.81 ± 12.3 0.01 28.88 ± 10.66 –0.07 28.77 ± 11.56 –0.15
CON 64.93 ± 26.05 69.29 ± 22.37 0.18 69.3 ± 20.88 0.19 66.39 ± 20.83 0.06 61.73 ± 23.38 –0.15
VL
CRT ECC 36.67 ± 18.49 37.5 ± 23.1 0.04 40.12 ± 24.93 0.16 33.12 ± 15.31 –0.21 34.87 ± 18.69 –0.1
CON 57.24 ± 12.25 55.98 ± 14.26 –0.09 59.65 ± 17.49 0.16 54.71 ± 16.97 –0.17 56.75 ± 21.18 –0.03
20%VRT ECC 31.6 ± 8.59 30 ± 9.68 –0.17 29.41 ± 8.16 –0.26 32 ± 9.68 0.04 30.83 ± 11.28 –0.08
CON 66.3 ± 16.08 68.87 ± 17.37 0.15 70.6 ± 21.4 0.23 67.5 ± 19.45 0.07 64.98 ± 19.13 –0.07
30%VRT ECC 36.8 ± 20.8 34.46 ± 16.32 –0.13 31.12 ± 18.26 –0.29 35.09 ± 23 –0.08 34.96 ± 21.98 –0.09
CON 63.86 ± 20.08 67.76 ± 19.2 0.2 70.59 ± 20.83* 0.33 68.5 ± 18.48 0.24 62.22 ± 20.3 –0.08
40%VRT ECC 31.62 ± 7.25 35.37 ± 12.43 0.37 30.79 ± 9.01 –0.1 31.88 ± 9.73 0.03 31.97 ± 10.93 0.04
CON 57.08 ± 24.64 63.58 ± 26.31 0.26 66.99 ± 27.39* 0.38 64.08 ± 25.33* 0.28 58.8 ± 24.85 0.07
MG
CRT ECC 21.14 ± 8.3 20.16 ± 9.8 0.2 23.17 ± 11.96 0.2 22.39 ± 12.15 0.12 18.51 ± 7.36 –0.34
CON 80.57 ± 24.95 81.75 ± 23.34 0.05 80.93 ± 27.54 0.01 79.6 ± 20.45 –0.04 78.04 ± 23.06 –0.11
20%VRT ECC 22.22 ± 12.23 22.93 ± 13.84 0.05 22.57 ± 11.66 0.03 20.91 ± 11.64 –0.11 21.7 ± 11.6 –0.04
CON 88.1 ± 29.5 85.63 ± 28.01 –0.09 85.88 ± 28 –0.08 90.37 ± 31.45 0.07 84.27 ± 28.93 –0.13
30%VRT ECC 21.12 ± 13.16 19.54 ± 7.63 –0.15 19.4 ± 13.14 –0.13 23.98 ± 16.25 0.19 24.4 ± 16.92 0.22
CON 89.75 ± 40.97 98.25 ± 52.1 0.18 90.11 ± 35.52 0.01 90.1 ± 34.04 0.01 85.91 ± 35.17 –0.1
40%VRT ECC 26.81 ± 15.67 22.63 ± 13.95 –0.28 21.91 ± 13.24 –0.34 24.03 ± 14.96 –0.18 21.8 ± 13.2 –0.35
CON 90.92 ± 33.22 90.53 ± 31.32 –0.01 94.33 ± 29.28 0.11 89.3 ± 32.92 –0.05 86.71 ± 33.25 –0.13
CRT, constant resistance training; VRT, variable resistance training; VM, vastus medialis; VL, vastus lateralis, MG, medial gastrocnemius; ECC, eccentric; CON, concentric; ES, effect size.*P ≤ 0.05: Statistically significant differences compared with baseline† P < 0.5, Statistically significant differences compared with post 6 minutes‡P < 0.5, Statistically significant differences compared with post 9 minutes.