Maximal leg-strength training improves cycling economy in previously untrained men

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1231-1236

  Loveless, Danielle J ^a   Weber, Clare L ^a   Haseler, Luke J ^a   Schneider, Donald A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic exercise; Efficiency; Heavy exercise; Oxygen consumption; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXERCISE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BICYCLING; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUEENSLAND; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 22144487708     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000170071.33880.f8     Document Type: Article

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