Does step exercise with handweights enhance training effects?

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-199

  Kravitz, Len ^b   Heyward, Vivian H ^a   Stolarczyk, Lisa M ^a   Wilmerding, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic dance; Handheld weights; Injury; Step aerobics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031512627     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-199708000-00011     Document Type: Article

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