Impact of an eight-week weight training program on the muscular strength of men and women;Impacto de oito semanas de treinamento com pesos sobre a força muscular de homens e mulheres

Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 224-228

  Dias, Raphael Mendes Ritti ^a   Cyrino, Edilson Serpeloni ^a   Salvador, Emanuel Péricles ^a   Nakamura, Fábio Yuzo ^a   Pina, Fábio Luiz Cheche ^a   de Oliveira, Arli Ramos ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1 RM tests; Motor performance; Muscular strength; Neural adaptations; Weight training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 27144524108     PISSN: 15178692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-86922005000400004     Document Type: Article

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