A comparison of successful and unsuccessful attempts in maximal bench pressing

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2056-2063

  Van Den Tillaar, Roland ^a   Ettema, Gertjan ^b  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Angles; EMG; Failure; Upper body strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350241810     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181a8c360     Document Type: Article

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