Bench press study with NFL Tight End

January 26, 2021

A tight end for the Oakland Raiders chose a workout consisting of 6 sets of bench presses with 225 pounds (approximately 103 kg). In his first workout, he completed 51 repetitions.

After 3 weeks of cooling between sets, his total number of repetitions in a workout increased to 60 (an improvement of 17.6%).

During a 4-week control period without cooling, he maintained his progress but did not continue to improve significantly. This control period was followed by another 2-week phase of cooling between sets, during which his repetitions per workout increased to 67 (a total improvement of 31.4%).