The "sticking period" in a maximum bench press

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-535

  van den Tillaar, Roland ^a,c   Ettema, Gertjan ^b  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bench press; Electromyography; Kinematics; Strength

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DECELERATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; DECELERATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; THORAX; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951242864     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640411003628022     Document Type: Article

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