Fig. 11

Time course analysis during 16-week pre-contest preparation prior to competition of self-reported resistance training (RT) volume (sets⋅reps⋅day), and aerobic training (AT) volume (min⋅d) with accompanying mean average (mean ± SEM) comparison between BC and MBC. The BC and MBC self-reported an average frequency of 4.8 ± .11 and 3.8 ± .22 d respectively of RT bouts prior to arriving to the lab for each session. a) The Total RT volume, b) The aerobic training (AT) volume, c) The upper body (UB) RT volume, d) The lower body (LB) RT volume. The BC had a higher mean total mean RT volume (9194 ± 3499; 95% CI: 1242–17,147 sets⋅reps) compared to MBC (5345 ± 1230; 95% CI: 2435–8254 sets⋅reps), a higher mean AT volume (198.9 ± 31.84; 95% CI: 125.5–272.3 min⋅d) than the MBC (105.6 ± 67.74; 95% CI: 48.99–162.3 min⋅d), a higher mean UB-RT volume 4619 ± 1720; 95% CI:652.5–8585 sets⋅reps) than the MBC (2609 ± 611.5; 95% CI:1163–4055 sets⋅reps), and a higher mean LB-RT volume 4576 ± 1765: 95% CI: 504.9–8646 sets⋅reps) than the MBC (2736 ± 881.3; 95% CI: − 651.8-4820 sets⋅reps). The red dashed lines denote competition