Preparation of former heavyweight oarsmen to compete as lightweight rowers over 16 weeks: Three case studies

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-121

  Slater, Gary J ^a,b,c   Rice, Anthony J ^a   Jenkins, David ^b   Gulbin, Jason ^a   Hahn, Allan G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athlete; Body composition; Ergometer; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MONITORING; MUSCLE MASS; PERFORMANCE; ROWING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33644590844     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.16.1.108     Document Type: Article

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