Resistance exercise: How much is enough?

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-226

  Loveless, Melinda S ^a   Ihm, Joseph M ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; STRENGTH; VELOCITY; ADULT; FITNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84942861238     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000149     Document Type: Article

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