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Table 8 Muscular endurance in different exercises performed by Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes (data are presented as the mean ± SD)

From: Physical and Physiological Profiles of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes: a Systematic Review

Athlete characteristics (n)

Exercise

Result (s or rep.)

References

Male

 High level athletes (n = 14)

Grip endurance with gi

54.4 ± 13.4 s

Diaz-Lara et al. [106]

 Athletes—brown and black belt (n = 8)

 

28 ± 9 s

Andreato et al. [4]

 Athletes—blue to black belt (n = 15)

 

41 ± 16 s

Follmer et al. [90]

 High level athletes (n = 49)

 

40 ± 11 s

Pietraszewska et al. [94]

 High level athletes (n = 10)

 

61 ± 19 s

Pinho-Júnior et al. [96]

 Experienced—purple to black (n = 14)

 

45 ± 10 sa

Silva et al. [38]

 Beginners—white belt (n = 14)

 

36 ± 10 s

 

 Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 10)

 

62 ± 14 sb,c

Silva et al. [78]

 Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 10)

 

60 ± 0 sb,c

 

 Practitioners (n = 10)

 

43 ± 5 sc

 

 Beginners—white belt (n = 10)

 

28 ± 9 s

 

 High level athletes (n = 9)

 

63 ± 19 s

Santos et al. [100]

 High level athletes (n = 10)

 

56 ± 11 sd

Silva et al. [75]

 State level athletes (n = 10)

 

38 ± 11 s

 

 Athletes—blue to black belt (n = 15)

Repetitions with gi

10 ± 5 rep

Follmer et al. [90]

 High level athletes (n = 10)

 

15 ± 2 rep

Pinho-Júnior et al. [96]

 Experienced—purple to black (n = 14)

 

10 ± 3 rep

Silva et al. [38]

 Beginners—white belt (n = 14)

 

8 ± 3 rep

 

 High level athletes (n = 10)

 

18 ± 3 repb,c

Silva et al. [78]

 State level athletes (n = 10)

 

17 ± 3 repb,c

 

 Practitioners (n = 10)

 

9 ± 3 rep

 

 Beginners—white belt (n = 10)

 

7 ± 3 rep

 

 High level athletes (n = 9)

 

15 ± 2 rep

Santos et al. [100]

 High level athletes (n = 10)

 

15 ± 4 repd

Silva et al. [75]

 State level athletes (n = 10)

 

8 ± 3 rep

 

 Beginner athletes—white and blue belt (n = 7)

 

10 ± 3 repe

Coswig et al. [21]

 Experienced athletes—more than purple belt and national level (n = 7)

 

15 ± 2 rep

 

 High level athletes (n = 14)

Bench press at 45% 1 RM

22 ± 8 rep

Diaz Lara et al. [106]

 High level athletes (n = 8)

Push-ups

41 ± 3 repf

Marinho et al. [25]

 State level athletes (n = 10)

 

36 ± 3 rep

 

 High level athletes (n = 11)

 

39 ± 8 rep

Vidal-Andreato et al. [1]

 High level athletes (n = 8)

Sit-ups

46 ± 4 repf

Marinho et al. [25]

 State level athletes (n = 10)

 

40 ± 3 rep

 

 State level athletes (n = 9)

 

52 ± 19 rep

Ribeiro et al. [36]

 State level athletes (n = 9)

 

68 ± 11 rep

 

 Practitioners (n = 136)

 

62 ± 16 rep

Schwartz et al. [16]

 High level athletes (n = 49)

 

35 ± 5 rep

Pietraszewska et al. [94]

 High level athletes (n = 11)

 

52 ± 7 rep

Vidal-Andreato et al. [1]

  1. aSignificant difference versus beginners group from the same study
  2. bSignificant difference versus recreational group from the same study
  3. cSignificant difference versus beginners group from the same study
  4. dSignificant difference versus non-elite group from the same study
  5. eSignificant difference versus experienced group from the same study
  6. fSignificant difference versus non-elite group from the same study