Neuromuscular activity during bench press exercise performed with and without the preexhaustion method

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1933-1940

  Brennecke, Allan ^a   Guimarães, Thiago M ^a,b   Leone, Ricardo ^a   Cadarci, Mauro ^b   Mochizuki, Luiz ^a   Simão, Roberto ^c   Amadio, Alberto Carlos ^a   Serrão, Júlio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fórmula Academia   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Exercise order; Root mean square; Strength training

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449368764     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b73b8f     Document Type: Article

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