The application of training to failure in periodized multiple-set resistance exercise programs

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 628-631

  Willardson, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Growth hormone; Hypertrophy; Motor unit recruitment; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;

EID: 34250828492     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-20426.1     Document Type: Article

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