Elevations in ostensibly anabolic hormones with resistance exercise enhance neither training-induced muscle hypertrophy nor strength of the elbow flexors

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-67

  West, Daniel W D ^a   Burd, Nicholas A ^a   Tang, Jason E ^a   Moore, Daniel R ^a   Staples, Aaron W ^a   Holwerda, Andrew M ^a   Baker, Steven K ^b   Phillips, Stuart M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anabolism; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor 1; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELBOW FLEXION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ELBOW; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949131768     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01147.2009     Document Type: Article

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