Post-Activation Performance Enhancement in Pull-Up Exercise with Elastic Resistance Training in Tac-tical Personnel

The Pull-up (PU) is a multi-joint upper body exercise that included in the physical fitness assessments for tactical occupations such as police, firefighters, and military personnel. This study aimed to evaluate post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) PU using elastic resistance training (ERT) traditional (RT). A total of 18 resistance-trained male firefighters (28.3 [5.6] years; 178.1 [6.8] cm; 78.1 [8.2] kilograms; 24.6 [2.4] kg·m-2) participated performed four PAPE protocols cross-over fashion. Two consisted three sets 3 repetitions at 75 85% maximum repetition (RM) lat pull down (LPD-M LPD-H, respectively). other two bands vertical traction (VTEB) “moderate” (VTEB- M) “hard” intensity (VTEB-H), based on Thera Band perceived exertion scale. Repetitions until failure were measured before after application protocols, with an 8-minute pause PAPE. Results showed significant increase exhaustion all protocols: LPD-M (P=0.007, d=0.19), LPD-H (P=0.023, d=0.17), VTEB-M (P=0.01, d=0.13) VTEB-H (P=0.001, d=0.28). use ERT RT moderate high intensities represent proper stimulus generation PU. Keywords: Physical performance, conditioning activity, warm-up exercise, muscle power