Jan Todd
University of Texas at Austin
34 Papers
177 Citations
Jan Todd is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Austin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Athletes & Strength training. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 34 publications.
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Papers
Understanding the Science of Resistance Training: An Evolutionary Perspective.
William J. Kraemer,Nicholas A. Ratamess,Shawn D. Flanagan,Jason P. Shurley,Jan Todd,Terry Todd +5 more
TL;DR: A brief review highlights some of the important scientific contributions to the evolution of the scientific study of resistance training and provides a literature base analysis for greater quantification of the origins and expanse of such investigations.
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Thomas L. DeLorme and the science of progressive resistance exercise.
TL;DR: The book Progressive Resistance Exercise: Technic and Medical Application, and DeLorme's academic publications on progressive resistance exercise, helped legitimize strength training and played a key role in laying the foundation for the science of resistance exercise.
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•Book
Physical culture and the body beautiful : purposive exercise in the lives of American women, 1800-1870
Jan Todd
- 01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the debate between the philosophies of Rousseau and Wollstonecraft in the first seventy years of the nineteenth century, and several important conclusions have been reached: a much more diverse spectrum of women's exercise existed in the antebellum era than is currently described in modern historical texts.
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The Science of Strength: Reflections on the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Emergence of Research-Based Strength and Conditioning.
TL;DR: Shurley et al. as discussed by the authors present reflections on the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the emergence of research-based strength and conditioning, which has advanced dramatically since the NSCA's founding, with over 400 articles published in the JSCR in 2014 alone.
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•Journal Article
Bernarr Macfadden: reformer of feminine form.
TL;DR: This study attempted to examine the influence of strongman/publisher Bernarr Macfadden on the prevailing attitudes regarding the feminine physique at the turn of the century and to trace the development of his concept of feminine beauty.
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