Athletic performance development: Volume load-1 set vs. multiple sets, training velocity and training variation

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 22-31

  Stone, Michael H ^c   Plisk, Steven Scott ^a,d   Stone, Margaret E ^c,e   Schilling, Brian K ^c,f   O'Bryant, Harold S ^c,d   Pierce, Kyle C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA Weightlifting Development Center   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Appalachian State University ^*  (United States)

^e NSCA Legal Counsel   (United States)

^f USOTC   (United States)

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EID: 0345236897     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1073-6840(1998)020<0022:apdvls>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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