INFLUENCE OF UPPER-BODY EXERCISE ORDER ON REPETITION PERFORMANCE AND RATINGS OF PERCEIVED EXERTION DURING A SUPER-SET RESISTANCE TRAINING SESSION

The purpose of this study was to examine acute Influence of upper-body exercise order on repetition performance and ratings of perceived exertion during a super-set resistance training bout. Twelve resistance-trained men were submitted to a super-set method by using two different exercise orders: bench press + lat pull down (BL) or lat pull down + bench press (LB) for each session. Training volume was significantly upper for the first sets compared with the second and third sets for both BL and LB order. Additionally, in the second and third sets of LB, training volume was upper than in the second and third sets of BL order. Regarding the total training volume, the values were lower in the BL order compared with the LB (P = 0.02). Conversely, (ratings of perceived exertion) was higher in the BL order compared with LB order (P = 0.04). Results revealed a superior moderate effect size in set 2 and 3, and total training volume for the LB super-set order compared with the BL order.Original Abstract: Cilj ovog istrazivanja je bio ispitati akutan utjecaj poretka vjezbe gornjeg dijela tijela na ucinak ponavljanja i ocjene percipiranog napora tijekom nadskupa treninga otpora. Dvanaest muskaraca obucenih na otpornost je bilo podlozeno metodi nadskupa koristenjem dvaju razlicitih poredaka vjezbe: bench press + lat pull down (BL) ili lat pull down + bench press (LB) za svaku sesiju. Volumen treninga je bio znacajno visi u prvim setovima u usporedbi s drugim i trecim za BL i LB poredak. Dodatno, u drugom i trecem LB setu, volumen treninga je bio visi nego u drugom i trecem setu BL poretka. U pogledu na ukupan volumen treninga, vrijednosti su bile nize u BL poretku u usporedbi sa LB poretkom (P = 0.02). Obrnuto, (ocjene percipiranog napora), bio je visi u BL poretku u usporedbi sa LB poretkom (P = 0.04). Rezultati su otkrili superiornu umjerenu velicinu ucinka u setovima 2 i 3 i ukupan volumen treninga za LB poredak nadskupa u usporedbi sa BL poretkom.