Cluster training: A novel method for introducing training program variation

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Haff, G Gregory ^a   Hobbs, Ryan T ^a   Haff, Erin E ^b   Sands, William A ^b,c   Pierce, Kyle C ^d,f   Stone, Michael H ^a,e,g  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Kinesiology and Health Science Department

^g Kinesiology and Health Science Department ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Interrepetition rest; Resistance training; Rest pause; Set configuration

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649963630     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e31816383e1     Document Type: Article

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