Resumen de Relative intensity effect of conditioning activity on seat shot put women performance

Laura Dias Freitas, Douglas Weliton Ferreira, José Vitor Vieira Salgado, Lucas Rios Drummond, Lucas Túlio de Lacerda, Camila Fernanda Costa e Cunha Moraes Brandão, Diego de Alcantara Borba

• Objective: To evaluate the effect of relative maximum strength intensity during a conditioning activity on women seated shot put performance. Methods; Nineteen physical active women were subjected, at 24-hour intervals and in a randomized order, to the following conditions: control, 40% of one maximum repetition (1RM), and 80% of 1RM (2 sets of 5 repetitions for each condition). The conditioning activities consisted of contractions performed using a vertical bench press apparatus. Three minutes after these contractions, participants executed the primary task of throwing a 4 kg shot. The significance level was set at p < 0.05. Results: Repeated measures ANOVA indicated a significantly greater throwing distance after conditioning activities compared to the control condition (p < 0.05), with no significant difference observed between the 40% and 80% of 1RM conditions (p > 0.05). Conclusion: These findings suggest that relative intensity did not influence the women’s seat shot put task performance but was effective in eliciting post-activation potentiation.