Although significant decreases were not observed in many of the first studies to examine the effects of resistance exercise on state anxiety (Raglin et al., 1993; Koltyn et al., 1995; Garvin et al., 1997; Koltyn and Arbogast, 1998), all of those studies included resistance intensities at or above 70% 1RM. When exercise intensity has been reduced to 40-55% 1RM, acute decreases in state anxiety have been consistently reported
