Resistance Training for Short Sprints and Maximum-speed Sprints

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 7-13

  Young, Warren ^a   Benton, Dean ^a   Duthie, Grant ^a   Pryor, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b Sydney Academy of Sport   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maximum speed; Resistance training; Short sprints; Specificity; Sprinting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041960014     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00126548-200104000-00001     Document Type: Article

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