Resistance exercise: Good for more than just Grandma and Grandpa's muscles

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1198-1205

  Phillips, Stuart M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Disease risk; Functional independence; Hypertrophy; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 39049106994     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H07-129     Document Type: Note

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