The Relationship between Training Status and Intensity on Muscle Activation and Relative Submaximal Lifting Capacity during the Back Squat

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-181

  Pick, Jeremy ^a   Becque, M Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum strength; Neuromuscular adaptation; Relative strength; Weight training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034399163     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-200005000-00010     Document Type: Article

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