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The reliability and validity of the bar-mounted PUSH BandTM 2.0 during bench press with moderate and heavy loads

Lake, J; Augustus, S; Austin, K; Comfort, P; McMahon, J; Mundy, P; Haff, GG

Authors

J Lake

S Augustus

K Austin

P Mundy

GG Haff



Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the bar-mounted PUSH BandTM 2.0 to determine peak and mean velocity during the bench press exercise with a moderate (60% one repetition maximum [1RM]) and heavy (90% 1RM) load. We did this by simultaneously recording peak and mean velocity using the PUSH BandTM 2.0 and three-dimensional motion capture from
participants bench pressing with 60% and 90% 1RM. We used ordinary least products regression to assess within-session reliability and whether the PUSH BandTM 2.0 could accurately predict motion capture velocity. Results showed that PUSH BandTM 2.0 and motion capture peak and mean velocity reliability was acceptable with both loads. While there was a tendency for the PUSH BandTM 2.0 to slightly overestimate peak and mean velocity, there was no fixed bias. However, mean velocity with 60 and 90% 1RM demonstrated proportional bias (differences between predicted and motion capture values increase with magnitude). Therefore, PUSH BandTM 2.0 peak velocity with 60 and 90% 1RM is valid, but mean velocity is not.

Citation

Lake, J., Augustus, S., Austin, K., Comfort, P., McMahon, J., Mundy, P., & Haff, G. (2019). The reliability and validity of the bar-mounted PUSH BandTM 2.0 during bench press with moderate and heavy loads. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(23), 2685-2690. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1656703

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 7, 2019
Online Publication Date Aug 16, 2019
Publication Date Aug 16, 2019
Deposit Date Oct 31, 2019
Journal Journal of Sports Sciences
Print ISSN 0264-0414
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Volume 37
Issue 23
Pages 2685-2690
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1656703
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1656703
Related Public URLs https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjsp20/current


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