Age and sex differentially affect regional changes in one repetition maximum strength

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 731-737

  Lemmer, Jeffrey T ^a   Martel, Gregory F ^a   Hurlbut, Diane E ^a   Hurley, Ben F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Resistance training; Weight training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34548636366     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-20816.1     Document Type: Article

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