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Table 1 Resistance training protocol

From: Protective effect of a hydroethanolic extract from Bowdichia virgilioides on muscular damage and oxidative stress caused by strenuous resistance training in rats

Week

Intensity (%)

Days of the week*

Sets

Repetitions

Interval (s)

1st

75

3

3

10

60

2nd

75

3

3

10

60

3rd

75

3

3

10

60

4th

75

3

3

10

60

  1. *Alternate days. The training was conducted for 4 weeks on alternate days at 75% intensity defined by MRI with 3 sets and 10 repetitions with 60-s intervals between a series and another.