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Twelve healthy recreationally bench press-trained males (body mass: 84.3 \u00b1 7.8 kg, age: 23.5 \u00b1 2.6 years, height: 183.8 \u00b1 4.2 cm) performed the bench press with a self-chosen grip width with four different repetition maximums. The participants bench pressed 96.5 \u00b1 14.1, 88.5 \u00b1 13.0, 81.5 \u00b1 12.3, and 72.8 \u00b1 10.5 kg with the 1-RM, 3-RM, 6-RM, and 10-RM. No differences were found between the bench press conditions in kinematic or electromyographic activity, except for the 10-RM, where a higher barbell velocity was observed at peak barbell deacceleration and first minimum barbell velocity (p \u2264 0.05) compared to the 1-RM and 3-RM. Overall, triceps medialis activity increased, whereas biceps brachii activity decreased from the pre-sticking to post-sticking region for all bench conditions (p \u2264 0.05). Since slower barbell velocity was observed in the sticking region for the 1-RM and 3-RM conditions compared to the 10-RM condition, we suggest training with these repetition maximums to learn how to grind through the sticking region due to the principle of specificity when the goal is to enhance maximal strength.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph192114238","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,2]],"date-time":"2022-11-02T06:42:17Z","timestamp":1667371337000},"page":"14238","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Comparison of Kinematics and Electromyographic Activity in the Last Repetition during Different Repetition Maximums in the Bench Press Exercise"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Stian","family":"Larsen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Nord University, 8026 Levanger, Norway"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0797-664X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Markus","family":"Haugen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Nord University, 8026 Levanger, Norway"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4481-4490","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roland","family":"van den Tillaar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Nord University, 8026 Levanger, Norway"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"229","DOI":"10.3389\/fspor.2020.637066","article-title":"A biomechanical analysis of wide, medium, and narrow grip width effects on kinematics, horizontal kinetics, and muscle activity on the sticking region in recreationally trained males during 1-RM bench pressing","volume":"2","author":"Larsen","year":"2021","journal-title":"Front. 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