The Bench Press Grip Width Does Not Affect the Number of Repetitions Performed at Different Velocity Loss Thresholds Pérez Castilla, Alejandro Jukic, Ivan Haff, G. Gregory García Ramos, Amador Fatigue Resistance training Training prescription Training volume Velocity-based training Institutional Review Board Statement: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the University of Granada Institutional Review Board (approval: 491/CEIH/2018). We would like to thank all the authors who participated in the data collection. This study aimed (I) to compare the number of repetitions that can be completed to failure (XRM) and before reaching a 15%, 30%, or 45% velocity loss threshold (XVLT) in the bench press exercise performed using different grip widths, and (II) to examine the inter-individual variability in the percentage of completed repetitions with respect to the XRM when the set volume is prescribed based on a fixed number of repetitions (FNR) and several velocity loss thresholds (VLT). Nineteen men performed four separate sessions in a random order where there was a single set of repetitions completed to failure against 75% of the one-repetition maximum during the Smith machine bench press exercise using a narrow, medium, wide, or self-selected grip widths. The XRM (p = 0.545) and XVLTs (p ≥ 0.682) were not significantly affected by grip width. A high and comparable inter-individual variability in the percentage of completed repetitions with respect to the XRM was observed when using both an FNR (median CV = 24.3%) and VLTs (median CV = 23.5%). These results indicate that Smith machine bench press training volume is not influenced by the grip width and that VLTs do not allow a more homogeneous prescription of the set volume with respect to the XRM than the traditional FNR. 2021-03-09T13:13:51Z 2021-03-09T13:13:51Z 2021-01-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Pérez-Castilla, A.; Jukic, I.; Haff, G.G.; García-Ramos, A. The Bench Press GripWidth Does Not Affect the Number of Repetitions Performed at Different Velocity Loss Thresholds. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1057. [https://doi. org/10.3390/ijerph18031057] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/67031 10.3390/ijerph18031057 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España MDPI