Complex training: A brief review

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 42-46

  Ebben, William P ^a,b,c  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast training; Ergogenic warm up; Plyometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144265097     PISSN: 13032968     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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