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Seventeen resistance training experienced volunteer male subjects (25.8 \u00b1 3.4 years; 180.3 \u00b1 9.0 cm; 79.7 \u00b1 9.9 kg) participated in this research. Each subject performed 2 training sessions of LPDE in a random order, separated by one week. Each session consisted of 2 sets of maximum repetitions using 85% of their one-repetition maximum (1RM), with a 7 min rest period between sets. The rest period condition between sets was different in the 2 sessions: passive rest (Pr) or foam rolling the latissimus dorsi muscle bilaterally for 3 sets of 45 s (FRr). The following variables were assessed for each LPDE set: number of repetitions (REPS), average excursion per repetition in millimeters (EXC), average power of the set in watts (AP) and rating of perceived exertion (RPE). Pr did not show any significant change between the first and the second LPDE set for REPS, EXC, and AP. However, there was a significant increase for RPE (8.4 \u00b1 0.5 vs. 8.9 \u00b1 0.5 a.u., p = 0.003) between the two sets. FRr resulted in an increase for REPS (7.1 \u00b1 1.5 vs. 8.2 \u00b1 1.3, p &lt; 0.001) and AP (304.6 \u00b1 61.5 W vs. 318.8 \u00b1 60.8 W, p = 0.034) between the first and the second LPDE sets, but no changes were observed for EXC and RPE. The use of foam rolling techniques on the latissimus dorsi area during the complete rest period between sets in LPDE at 85% 1RM appears to improve the number of repetitions and the movement power without affecting the RPE during the second set.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jfmk9010043","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,29]],"date-time":"2024-02-29T02:59:39Z","timestamp":1709175579000},"page":"43","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Inter-Set Foam Rolling of the Latissimus Dorsi Acutely Increases Repetitions in Lat Pull-Down Exercise without Affecting RPE"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1902-4830","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luca","family":"Russo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Sciences, Universit\u00e0 Telematica degli Studi IUL, 50122 Florence, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sebastiano","family":"Riccio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giulio","family":"Zecca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Sciences, Universit\u00e0 Telematica degli Studi IUL, 50122 Florence, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6419-5095","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alin","family":"Larion","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Ovidius University of Constanta, 900029 Constanta, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3574-3114","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Riccardo","family":"Di Giminiani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L\u2019Aquila, 67100 L\u2019Aquila, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4254-3105","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Johnny","family":"Padulo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cristian","family":"Popa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Ovidius University of Constanta, 900029 Constanta, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7144-7403","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gian Mario","family":"Migliaccio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life, San Raffaele Rome Open University, 00166 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"69","DOI":"10.1519\/JSC.0b013e31829480f5","article-title":"Acute Effects of Self-Myofascial Release Using a Foam Roller on Arterial Function","volume":"28","author":"Okamoto","year":"2014","journal-title":"J. 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