Chronic capsiate supplementation increases fat-free mass and upper body strength but not the inflammatory response to resistance exercise in young untrained men: a randomized, placebo-controlled and double-blind study

Table 2 Comparison of the total number of repetition for acute resistance exercise at pre and post-intevention

Exercise	Group	Pre-intervention						After 6 weeks
		Set-1	Set-2	Set-3	Total	TWL		Set-1	Set-2	Set-3	Total	TWL
Leg press (reps)	Group1	20.6 ± 2.9	12.9 ± 2.1 ^a	10.9 ± 1.8 ^a.b	44.3 ± 5.7	12820.0 ± 2222.3	Placebo	25.4 ± 4.9	16.3 ± 3.5 ^a	11.2 ± 2.0 ^a.b	53.0 ± 9.7*	20675.0 ± 5036.7*
Leg press (reps)	Group2	22.4 ± 3.7	12.9 ± 3.5^a	10.1 ± 2.3 ^a.b	45.4 ± 7.7	12429.1 ± 4085.7	CAP	28.6 ± 2.7	17.6 ± 4.8 ^a	11.8 ± 1.8 ^a.b	58.1 ± 8.5*	21962.3 ± 5497.7*
Bench press (reps)	Group1	14.1 ± 3.4	6.2 ± 1.2 ^a	2.9 ± 0.6 ^a.b	23.2 ± 4.0	1395.9 ± 368.8	Placebo	16.1 ± 4.9	8.8 ± 1.4 ^a	5.4 ± 1.5 ^a.b	30.3 ± 5.6*	1912.8 ± 458.2*
Bench press (reps)	Group2	14.4 ± 3.1	7.0 ± 1.5 ^a	3.8 ± 1.2 ^a.b	25.2 ± 4.1	1368.6 ± 386.9	CAP	15.6 ± 3.0	8.1 ± 1.4 ^a	5.1 ± 1.5 ^a.b	28.8 ± 4.8*	1787.0 ± 614.0*

TWL total weight lifted, CAP Capsiate supplementation
Note: a= lower than Set-1; b= lower than Set-2. *= higher than Pre-intervention

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