Muscle Fiber Types and Training

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 21-26

  Karp, Jason R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast twitch; Muscle fiber recruitment; Muscle fiber types; Slow twitch; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347139219     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00126548-200110000-00004     Document Type: Article

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