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NAL STRENGTH A ND
NATIO
ION
CONDITIONING A SSOCIAT
Duncan N. French, PhD
UFC Performance Institute
Lorena Torres Ronda, PhD
e, Technology
Athletic Performance, Sport Scienc
rch
and Innovation, and Applied Resea
Editors
HUMAN KINETICS
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National Strength & Conditioning Association (U.S .), sponsoring body.
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Torres Ronda, editors.
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Exercise--Physiological aspects.
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, "'e;C::Pt
NAL STRENGTH A ND
NATIO
ION
CONDITIONING A SSOCIAT
Duncan N. French, PhD
UFC Performance Institute
Lorena Torres Ronda, PhD
e, Technology
Athletic Performance, Sport Scienc
rch
and Innovation, and Applied Resea
Editors
HUMAN KINETICS
, Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: French, Duncan N., editor. I Torres Ronda, Lorena, editor. I
National Strength & Conditioning Association (U.S .), sponsoring body.
Title: NSCA's essentials of sport science / Duncan N. French and Lorena
Torres Ronda, editors.
Other titles: National Strength & Conditioning Association's essential of
sport science.
Description: First. I Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, Inc., 2022. I
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020043103 I ISBN 9781492593355 (hardback) I ISBN
9781492593362 (epub) I ISBN 9781492593379 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Sports sciences. I Sports--Physiological aspects. I
Exercise--Physiological aspects.
Classification: LCC GV558 .N83 2022 I DDC 796.0l--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2 020043103
ISBN: 978-1-4925-9335 -5 (print)
Copyright© 2022 by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Copyright claim excludes pages 47-51 of chapter 4, which are
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