The effects of Bodymax high-repetition resistance training on measures of body composition and muscular strength in active adult women

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 614-620

  O'Connor, Tracey E ^a   Lamb, Kevin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Females; Muscular endurance; Skinfolds; Strength training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREGNANCY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0141740269     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2003)017<0614:TEOBHR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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