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Essay 1 Experiment Proposal

Name of Student Researcher Course Number, Meeting Days & Time
Engl 1302 480, online
Alejandro Cerda

Research Question (answer cannot be known):

Does eating before a workout help with strength performance

Hypothesis:
I believe it will have a increase of strength performance

Why is your research interesting and important?

To see how important it really is to eat before you workout/perform activities

Variables
Independent (conditions that you will change in the experiment):
1. How much food is eaten
2. What meal is eaten
3. What exercise is done
Dependent (conditions you will observe and measure):
1. How much weight is done for a singular set of five repetitions
Controlled (aspects that you will keep consistent):
1. Time of day
2. Sleep
3. Caffeine consumed
Control Experiment (if any):

Materials:
Volunteers, gym/ place to workout/ meals/ notebook for tracking results

Method:
 Volunteers will do workout for 6 days tracking strength on three different exercises
for three different muscle groups.
 For these exercises they are to do them for five repetitions but not to complete
failure but until they are noticeably fatigued
 The exercises are straight bar lat pulldowns, bench press, and leg press
 They are to eat 40 minutes before they workout out and track strength changes
 Voluenteers are to also preform these exersices with the same goal but without
eating before the workout.

Diagram (graphically represent how you will record results from your experiment ):

Day 1 (food, leg press):

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Day 2 (food, bench press):

Day 3(food, lat pull downs):
Day 4(no food, leg press):
Day 5(no food, bench press):
Day 6(no food, lat pull downs):

Expected Time (less than 1 week, but 3 days minimum):