A novel scale to assess resistance-exercise effort

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1405-1413

  Hackett, Daniel A ^a   Johnson, Nathan A ^a   Halaki, Mark ^a   Chow, Chin Moi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Resistance training; RPE scale; training intensity; weight lifting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 84866145528     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.710757     Document Type: Article

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