Strength training for women: Debunking myths that block opportunity

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 86-97

  Ebben, William P ^a   Jensen, Randall L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE;

EID: 0031945293     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1998.05.1020     Document Type: Article

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