Preparatory strength and endurance training for U.S. army basic combat training

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 48-57

  Henning, Paul C ^a   Khamoui, Andy V ^a   Brown, Lee E ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic combat training; Military performance; Physical conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955217134     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e31822fdb2e     Document Type: Article

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