Frank Smith's scientific contributions

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“Balanced, total body conditioning;” “functional strength, power, muscle endurance and flexibility;” and “cardiovascular/cardiorespiratory efficiency” are the watchwords of Universal’s training philosophy. Muscle strength alone is not enough for optimal athletic performance. What is crucial for the athlete is the ability to use that strength in com...

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... Weight stack machines with cams advanced free weights by providing resistive torques that vary through the motion and attempt to match muscle force-generating capacity at different muscle lengths [34,38,45,46]. However, similar to free weights, most cam-based weight stack machines do not provide an eccentric overload. ...