The effects of rest interval length on acute bench press performance: The influence of gender and muscle strength

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1817-1826

  Ratamess, Nicholas A ^a   Faigenbaum, Avery D ^a   Chiarello, Christina M ^a   Ross, Ryan E ^a   Kang, Jie ^a   Sacco, Anthony J ^a   Hoffman, Jay R ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Power; Resistance exercise; Resistance training; Velocity; Weight lifting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REST; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863677451     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31825bb492     Document Type: Article

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