title: Training college-age women to perform the pull-up exercise.
abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of a combined strength and aerobic conditioning program on the ability of college-age women to perform the pull-up exercise and to identify the characteristics of women successful in performing a pull-up at the end of the program. Participants significantly increased upper body strength and fat-free mass and deceased fat mass and percentage of body fat. Participants successful at performing a pull-up had significantly greater 1 repetition maximum strength, strength to mass ratio, and strength to fat-free mass ratio. A two variable equation (% body fat and strength to fat-free mass ratio) was developed to predict which women would be successful at completing a pull-up at the end of a similar training program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Sport Science, University of Dayton, USA. sflanaga@usc.edu
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Vanderburgh
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Borchers
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Kohstall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D010809:Physical Fitness; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis