Developing explosive muscular power: Implications for a mixed methods training strategy

Strength and Conditioning

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 20-31

  Newton, Robert U ^a   Kraemer, William J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84944420024     PISSN: 10736840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1073-6840(1994)016<0020:DEMPIF<2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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