Working Toward Optimal Exercise Prescription: Strength Training Should Not Be Overlooked
Leonard A Kaminsky1, Carl J Lavie, Kelsey Flint
1Fisher Institute of Health and Well-Being, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (Dr Kaminsky); Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL-PIVOT) Network, Chicago, Illinois (Drs Kaminsky, Lavie, and Arena and Ms Bond); Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana (Dr Lavie); Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora (Dr Flint); and Departments of Physical Therapy (Dr Arena) and Biomedical Health Information Sciences (Ms Bond), College of Applied Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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