Study of Four Programs of Heavy Resistance Exercises for Development of Muscular Strength

Abstract

This study was concerned with determining which of four methods of weight training might be superior so far as strength development was concerned. Eight groups of university freshmen were utilized in the study and the statistical significance of the differences in the amount of strength that was gained was determined by the use of t-formulas. The results of this research suggests that those methods which employ heavy weights so as to allow a maximum number of five executions are probably the superior methods for the development of muscular strength.