Strength training: Rationale for current guidelines for adult fitness programs

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Feigenbaum, Matthew S ^a   Pollock, Michael L ^b  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PATIENT COUNSELING; REVIEW;

EID: 0343742597     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1997.02.1137     Document Type: Review

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