Comparison between push up and bench press on physical performance among sedentary women / Edmund Bonnie

Push up (PU) and bench press (BP) were two exercise for strengthening upper body muscle. Push up and bench press exercise improves muscular strength (MS) and muscular endurance (ME) in exercise training. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects between push up and bench press exercise on muscular strength and muscular endurance among sedentary women in Universiti Teknologi MARA. 40 (n=40) sedentary women aged between 18 to 25 years old, been selected at UiTM Sarawak in the present study. A true experimental design was been conducted as
participants will be doing pre-test before divided into two groups (PU group and BP group). After 6 weeks of training, participants done post-test to compare the effect of PU and BP on MS and ME. Present study exercise testing done using one-repetition max bench press (1RM BP) and one-minute push up (1Min PU) for pre and post-test. Participants trained four times per week for six weeks of training. The data then analysed by using the Statistical Package of Social Science SPSS 22.0. Mixed between within ANOVA was employed to compare the effects of two interventions
following six weeks of training as well as to compare the effects between group (PU and BP group). The results show that there was a significant difference of MS and ME test between pre and post-test on PU group (p= .0001). The present study also shown a significant different of MS and ME test between pre and post-test on BP group (p= .0001). A significant different was also shown on MS and ME (p= .042) between two
intervention groups.