Implications and applications of training specificity for coaches and athletes

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 54-58

  Gamble, Paul ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metabolic conditioning; Psychological constraints; Specificity; Strength training; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745715063     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00126548-200606000-00009     Document Type: Review

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