Janicijevic, DanicaGonzález Hernández, Jorge MiguelGu, YaodongGarcía Ramos, Amador2022-04-022022-04-022020Janicijevic, D., González-Hernández, J. M., Gu, Y., & García-Ramos, A. (2020). Differences in the magnitude and reliability of velocity variables collected during 3 variants of the bench press exercise. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(7), 759-766. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.17342990264-04141466-447Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11268/11006This study aimed to compare the reliability and magnitude of velocity variables between 3 variants of the bench press (BP) exercise in participants with and without BP training experience. Thirty males, 15 with and 15 without BP experience, randomly performed 3 variants of the BP on separate sessions: (I) concentric-only, (II) fast-eccentric and (III) controlled-eccentric. The mean velocity (MV) and maximum velocity (Vmax) of the concentric phase were collected against 3 loads (≈30%1RM, 50%1RM, and 75%1RM) with a linear velocity transducer. Reliability was high regardless of the variable, BP variant, and load (coefficient of variation [CV] ≤ 4.47%, intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] ≥ 0.87). The comparison of the CVs suggested a higher reliability for the fast-eccentric BP (8 out of 12 comparisons), followed by the concentric-only BP (5 out of 12 comparisons), and finally the controlled-eccentric BP (never provided a higher reliability). No differences in reliability were observed between experienced (CV ≤ 4.71%; ICC ≥ 0.79) and non-experienced (CV ≤ 6.29%; ICC ≥ 0.76) participants. The fast-eccentric BP provided the highest MV (p < 0.05) and no differences were observed for Vmax. These results support the assessment of movement velocity during the fast-eccentric BP even in participants without experience.engEjercicio físicoEntrenamiento de fuerzaEntrenamiento de intervalos de alta intensidadjournal article10.1080/02640414.2020.1734299restricted accessMedicina deportivaActividad científica