Effects of very short rest periods on hormonal responses to resistance exercise in men

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1851-1859

  Rahimi, Rahman ^a   Qaderi, Mohammad ^b   Faraji, Hassan ^b   Boroujerdi, Saeed S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Resistance training to failure; Rest interval between set; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LACTIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REST; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REST; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956893390     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181ddb265     Document Type: Article

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