Table 1. Mean (±standard deviation) values for maximum strength and muscular endurance before and after the 8-weeks training intervention. Test Group Pre 95% CI Post 95% CI P-value Effect Size g Magnitude BP MRT 79.00 (13.49) 69.34-88.65 84.50 (11.65) 76.16-92.84 0.368 0.41 Small 1RM (kg) CT 77.50 (1637) 65.79-89.21 82.00 (14.18) 71.85-92.14 0.253 0.28 Small LP-D MRT 73.50 (7.83) 67.89-79.10 80.50 (7.97) 74.79-86.21 0.135 0.84 Large 1RM (kg) CT 76.50 (13.55) 66.81-86.19 81.00 (11.25) 72.95-89.05 0.334 0.34 Small PusU MRT 21.90 (6.04) 17.57-26.22 24.60 (7.16) 19.47-29.73 0.370 0.39 Small (reps) CT 21.90 (7.89) 16.25-27.54 23.40 (6.14) 19.00-27.79 0.618 0.21 Small PullU MRT 7.60 (3.53) 5.07-10.13 9.60 (2.87) 7.54-11.66 0.165 0.59 Medium (reps) CT 6.50 (2.83) 4.46-8.53 8.40 (3.56) 5.85-10.95 0.187 0.56 Medium CI =Confidence Interval; MRT = manual resistance training group (n = 10); CT = conventional strength training group (n = 10); BP = Bench Press; LP-D = Lat pull-down; PusU = Push-up; PullU = Pull-ups.