Velocity specificity of weight training for Kayak Sprint performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1232-1237

  Liow, David K ^a   Hopkins, William G ^b  

^a WELLINGTON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Athlete; Explosive; One repetition maximum; Resistance; Speed; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; SPORT; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038693073     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000074450.97188.CF     Document Type: Article

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