Resistance training for strength and muscle thickness: Effect of number of sets and muscle group trained

Science and Sports

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 259-264

  Bottaro, M ^a   Veloso, J ^a   Wagner, D ^b   Gentil, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle hypertrophy; Muscle strength; Strength training; Training volume

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TRAINING;

EID: 82855172143     PISSN: 07651597     EISSN: 17784131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scispo.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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