The optimal training load for the development of dynamic athletic performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 1279-1286

  Wilson, Greg J ^a   Newton, Robert U ^a   Murphy, Aron J ^a   Humphries, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bar kinetics; Performance enhancement; Plyometrics; Power development; Training modalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JUMPING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MUSCLES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUNNING; SPORTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0027368556     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199311000-00013     Document Type: Article

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