A model for optimizing cycling performance by varying power on hills and in wind

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1104-1108

  Swain, David P ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Interval exercise; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; WIND;

BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

EID: 0030751636     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199708000-00017     Document Type: Article

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