Wetsuit and energy expenditure during a swimming-cycling sequence;Port de combinaison et depense energetique lors d'un enchaînement natation-cyclisme

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-369

  Delextrat, Anne ^a,b   Bernard, Thierry ^a   Hausswirth, Christophe ^b   Vercruyssen, Fabrice ^a   Brisswalter, Jeanick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

Author keywords

Cycling efficiency; Energy cost; Locomotion; Triathlon

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENERGY COST; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; SWIMMING; TRAINING; TRIATHLON;

EID: 0041881767     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h03-026     Document Type: Article

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