A Brief History of Strength Training and Basic Principles and Concepts

Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science: Strength Training for Sport

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-19

  Fry, Andrew C ^a   Newton, Robert U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amateur athletic union; Athletes; Muscle force; Physical performance; Sparta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948977509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470698754.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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