Physical performance and electromyographic responses to an acute bout of paired set strength training versus traditional strength training

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1237-1245

  Robbins, Daniel W ^a,b   Young, Warren B ^a   Behm, David G ^c   Payne, Warren R ^a   Klimstra, Marc D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bench press; Bench pull; Complex training; Paired set

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 77955299779     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181cc60ec     Document Type: Article

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