The acute effects of heavy back and front squats on speed during forty-meter sprint trials

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Yetter, Mike ^a   Moir, Gavin L ^a  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy resistance exercises; Potentiation; Sprinting

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 41649107539     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31815f958d     Document Type: Article

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