Contemporary training practices in elite british powerlifters: Survey results from an international competition

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 380-384

  Swinton, Paul A ^a   Lloyd, Ray ^b   Agouris, Ioannis ^a   Stewart, Arthur ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board press; Box squats; Chains; Compensatory acceleration; Elastic bands; Powerlifting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT LIFTING;

DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 67449089563     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31819424bd     Document Type: Article

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