fitness library - our research support

Web Sites:

• Floridafitness.com/Fitness/Resistance_set.html (Article supporting the benefits of "One-Set" strength training)
  
• Indoindians.com/lift_slow.htm (Article "Lift Slow to Get Fit Fast")
  
• Isofitness.com (48 Hours investigative report on Slow Cadence)
  
• My.webmd.com/content/article/12/1676_50661 (Article on Slow Cadence)
  
• Naturalstrength.com/research/default.asp (Numerous articles regarding general
  strength training research)
  
• Nutrition.tufts.edu/research/growingstronger (Refers to publications regarding the
  benefits of strength training for older adults)
  
• Spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article888.html (Refers to publications regarding the
  benefits of strength training for older adults)
  
• Texasgrassfedbeef.com/id75.htm (Article on the health related issues of Slow Cadence)
  
• Texasgrassfedbeef.com/id76.htm (Article "Super Slow" or "Slow Cadence")
  
• Seriousstrength.com (Slow Burn Revolution)

Publications - Books:

• Fitness: The Complete Guide, Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D.; International Sports Sciences
  Association, Santa Barbara, CA 2003.
  
• The Nautilus Book, Ellington Darden, Ph.D.; Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL 1990.
  
• POWER-OF-10, Adam Zickerman; HarperCollins, New York, 2003.
  
• Resistance Training for Health & Rehabilitation, James Graves & Barry Franklin; Human
  Kinetics Publishers, Inc., Champaign, IL 2001.
  
• The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution, Frederick Hahn, Michael Eades, M.D., and Mary Eades,
  M.D.; Broadway Books, New York 2003.
  
• Strength Fitness, Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D.; Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa 1995.
  
• Strength Training For Seniors, Wayne Westcott & Thomas Baechle; Human Kinetics Publishers,
  Inc., Champaign, IL 2001.
  

Publications - Articles:

• Booth, F.W. (and others). (2000). Waging war on modern chronic diseases: Primary prevention
  through exercise biology. Journal of Applied Physiology 88.
  
• Carpenter, D.M. & Nelson, B.W. (1999). Low back strengthening for the prevention and
  treatment of low back pain. Medical Science of Sports Exercise 31.
  
• Carpinelli, R.N. & Otto, R.M. (1998). Strength training: Single versus multiple sets. Sports Medicine 26.
  
• Consumer Reports on Health, April 1995, Consumer Union.
  
• Fatouros, I.G. (2002). The Effects of Strength Training, Cardiovascular Training and the
  Combination on Inactive Older Adults. International Journal of Sports Medicine 23.
  
• Graves, J.E. (and others). (1988). Effect of reduced training frequency on muscular strength. International Journal of Sports Medicine 9.
  
• Hare, D.L. (and others). (1999). Resistance exercise training increases strength, endurance, and blood flow in patients with chronic heart failure. American Journal of Cardiology 83.
  
• Hunter, G.R. (and others). (1999). A role for high intensity exercise on energy balance and weight control. International Journal on Obesity & Related Metabolic Diseases 18.
  
• Hurley, B. (1994). Does Strength Training Improve Health Status? Strength and Conditioning Journal, 16, 7_13.
  
• Layne, J.E. & Nelson, M.E. (1999). The effects of progressive resistance training on bone
  density. Medical Science of Sports Exercise 31.
  
• Risch, S. (and others). (1993). Lumbar Strength Training in Chronic Low back Pain Patients. Spine Magazine, 18.
  
• Taaffe, D.R. (and others). (1999). Once weekly resistance exercise improves muscle strength and
  neuromuscular performance in older adults. Journal of American Geriatric Society 47.
  
• USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University. (October 2003). American Journal of Preventative Aging.
  
• Westcott, Wayne L. Ph.D. (and others). (2001).  Effects of Regular and Slow Speed Resistance
  Training on Muscle Strength. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, Vol 41, Iss 2.
  
• Winett, Richard A. Ph.D. & Carpinelli, Ralph N. Ed.D. (2001). Potential Health-related Benefits of Resistance Training. Preventative Medicine 33.