Sport-seasonal changes in body composition, strength, and power of college wrestlers

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 266-271

  Utter, Alan ^a   Stone, Michael ^a   O'Bryant, Harold ^a   Summinski, Richard ^b   Ward, Barrymore ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Weight loss; Wrestling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032331853     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-199811000-00012     Document Type: Article

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