The importance of isometric maximum strength and peak rate-of-force development in sprint cycling

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 878-884

  Stone, Michael H ^a,b   Sands, William A ^a   Carlock, Jon ^a   Callan, Sam ^c   Dickie, Des ^c   Daigle, Karen ^a   Cotton, John ^a   Smith, Sarah L ^a   Hartman, Michael ^a  

^a United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c USA Cycling   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling; Explosiveness; Sprinting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLING; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JUMPING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; STRENGTH; THIGH;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 10344267043     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/14874.1     Document Type: Article

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