Training to failure and beyond in mainstream resistance exercise programs

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 21-29

  Willardson, Jeffrey M ^a   Norton, Layne ^b   Wilson, Gabriel ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Growth hormone; Hypertrophy; Motor unit recruitment; Periodized; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955750899     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e3181cc2a3a     Document Type: Article

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