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AAP Grand Rounds 12:61-62 (2004)
© 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics

SPORTS MEDICINE

Resistance Training for Athletes

Source: Kraemer WJ, Ratamess NA. Fundamentals of resistance training: progression and exercise prescription. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004;36:674–688.[Medline]

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Weight or resistance training now has an accepted role in improving athletic performance, muscular endurance, motor performance, balance, and co-ordination for college and professional athletes.1 Resistance training is also practiced in the adolescent and preadolescent population.2,3 This article from the University of Connecticut and the College of New Jersey provides a review of resistance training program design, associated factors affecting weight training, and the concept of resistance training progression based on the guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine.4

Resistance training programs entail a composite of variables including individual and/or group muscle actions used, types of resistance, number of sets and repetitions, exercises selected, sequence of exercise performance, rest intervals between sets, repetition velocity, and training frequency. An ideal program will modify each variable to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

E. F. Luckstead, Sr., MD, FAAP
Pediatrics, Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX