What makes an endurance athlete world-class? Not simply a physiological conundrum

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 171-190

  Myburgh, Kathryn H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anaerobic; Molecular; Muscle; Performance; Training

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTON;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; GENETICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NUTRITION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SPORTS MEDICINE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAINING;

EID: 0142043019     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00220-4     Document Type: Review

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