Improved athletic performance in highly trained cyclists after interval training

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1427-1434

  Lindsay, Fiona H ^b   Hawley, John A ^a   Myburgh, Kathryn H ^b   Schomer, Helgo H ^b   Noakes, Timothy D ^b   Dennis, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

EXERCISE; TIME TRIAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0029968976     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199611000-00013     Document Type: Article

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