Training to muscular failure: Is it necessary?

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 44-48

  Stone, Michael H ^a,f,g   Chandler, T Jeff ^b,h,i,j   Conley, Michael S ^c,f,k,l   Kramer, James B ^d,f,k   Stone, Meg E ^a,e,m  

^a Appalachian State ^*

^b Lexington Clinic Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Georgia Tech

^e Appalachian State

^f APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h US Professional Tennis Registry

ⁱ AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j American College of Sports Medicine

^k US Olympic Training Center

^l Indiana University

^m Dunfermline College

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EID: 4243203339     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1073-6840(1996)018<0044:ttmfii>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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