Training effects of accumulated daily stair-climbing exercise in previously sedentary young women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-281

  Boreham, Colin A G ^a   Wallace, William F M ^b   Nevill, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulated exercise; Females; Fitness; Lipids; Stair climbing; Training

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING;

EID: 0034036791     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0634     Document Type: Article

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