Nutritional recommendations for competing in the ironman triathlon

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 241-248

  Robins, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOGEN;

CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DEHYDRATION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; REVIEW; TRIATHLON;

DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 34547773274     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11932-007-0039-2     Document Type: Review

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