The effects of competition and the presence of an audience on weight lifting performance

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-306

  Rhea, Matthew R ^a   Landers, Daniel M ^a   Alvar, Brent A ^a   Arent, Shawn M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1 repetition maximum; Power; Social facilitation; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL FACILITATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0038203349     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2003)017<0303:TEOCAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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