Moderate resistance training volume produces more favorable strength gains than high or low volumes during a short-term training cycle

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 689-697

  González Badillo, Juan J ^a   Gorostiaga, Esteban M ^b   Arellano, Raúl ^c   Izquierdo, Mikel ^b  

^a the Spanish Olympic Committee   (Spain)

^b Studies   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dose response volume; Olympic lifts; Training intensity; Weightlifting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 24944514405     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-15574.1     Document Type: Article

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