Effects of different vibration exercises on bench press

PJ Marin, G Torres-Luque… - … journal of sports …, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
This study was undertaken to analyze the effects of different vibration recovery strategies via
feet or hands on the number of repetitions performed and on mean velocity, peak velocity
and blood lactate concentration during consecutive bench-press sets. 9 elite judo athletes
performed 3 sets of bench press at 60% of one-repetition maximum (1RM), leading to failure
and allowing a 180 s rest period between sets. During the rest period, 1 of the 3 following
procedures was performed: 150 s rest plus 30 s push-up vibration exercise (Push-up), 150 s …