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UKSCA position statement: youth resistance training

01/10/2012
By Rhodri Lloyd, Avery Faigenbaum, Greg Myer, Michael Stone, Jon Oliver, Ian Jeffreys, Jeremy Moody, Clive Brewer & Kyle Pierce

This manuscript serves as the UKSCA's official position statement or youth resistance training.

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