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Strength training: importance of genetic factors.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise - 1 May 1998
Thomis M A, Beunen G P, Maes H H, Blimkie C J, Van Leemputte M, Claessens A L, Marchal G, Willems E, Vlietinck R F
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: This study focuses on the quantification of genetic and environmental factors in arm strength after high-resistance strength training. METHODS: Male monozygotic (MZ, N = 25) and dizygotic (DZ, N = 16) twins (22.4 +/- 3.7 yr) participated in a 10-wk resistance training program for the elbow flexors. The evidence for genotype*training interaction, or association of interindividual differences in training...
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