Physical and physiological factors associated with success in the triathlon

Sports Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-18

  Sleivert, Gordon G ^a   Rowlands, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CYCLING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RUNNING; SPORT; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON;

EID: 0030037580     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199622010-00002     Document Type: Review

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